Electrolux addisoni Compagno & Heemstra, 2007

Ebert, David A., Wintner, Sabine P. & Kyne, Peter M., 2021, An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of South Africa, Zootaxa 4947 (1), pp. 1-127 : 70

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4947.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:7F3B4794-65CF-4691-A330-78A423F2606F

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4614869

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039287A1-952C-FFCB-CFF7-5905FDE924A0

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scientific name

Electrolux addisoni Compagno & Heemstra, 2007
status

 

Electrolux addisoni Compagno & Heemstra, 2007 View in CoL

Ornate Sleeper Ray

Electrolux addisoni Compagno & Heemstra, 2007: 22 View in CoL , fig. 1. Holotype: SAIAB 78777 View Materials . Type locality: On   GoogleMaps reef off Manaba Beach, near Margate, southern KwaZulu-Natal, 30°51.4'S, 30°23.1'E, South Africa.

Local synonymy: Heteronarce View in CoL sp. nov.: Compagno, 1999: 116. Electrolux addisoni: Compagno & Heemstra, 2007: 22 View in CoL , fig. 1; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 146; de Carvalho, 2016: 173, fig. 16.1; Weigmann, 2016: 912.

South Africa voucher material: Holotype: SAIAB 78777 View Materials . Paratype: SAM 36908 .

South African distribution: Endemic. Presently known off the KZN coast from Tee Barge to Coffee Bay (EC) ( Compagno & Heemstra, 2007).

Remarks: This relatively new genus and species has been known for years by divers along the KZN coast, but was not described until 2007. The known distribution of the species is only within a 310 km stretch of coastline and inside the 50 m isobath ( Compagno & Heemstra, 2007).

Conservation status: LC (2019).

SAM

South African Museum

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Elasmobranchii

Order

Torpediniformes

Family

Narkidae

Genus

Electrolux

Loc

Electrolux addisoni Compagno & Heemstra, 2007

Ebert, David A., Wintner, Sabine P. & Kyne, Peter M. 2021
2021
Loc

Electrolux addisoni Compagno & Heemstra, 2007: 22

Compagno, L. J. V. & Heemstra, P. C. 2007: 22
2007
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