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Polychromatism and polymorphism in Breviraja spinosa (Elasmobranchii, Rajiformes), withdescription of three new species

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Date Issued:
1985
Title: Polychromatism and polymorphism in Breviraja spinosa (Elasmobranchii, Rajiformes), withdescription of three new species.
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Name(s): McEachran, J. D.
Matheson, Richard E. Jr.
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Article
Date Issued: 1985
Publisher: American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists.
Place of Publication: New York
Physical Form: pdf
Extent: 19 p.
Language(s): English
Identifier: FA00007109 (IID)
Note(s): Preliminary examination re vealed that the highly variable species, Breviraja spinosa, consists of four distinct color morphs. Principal components analyses based on morphometric characters, univariate analyses of meristic characters and morphology of neurocrania, scapulocoracoids and claspers distinguished among all of the color morphs and, thus, supported the hypothesis that each represents a distinct species and that these are distinct from the only other congener, B. colesi.
Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution 429
This manuscript is an author version with the final publication available and may be cited as: McEachran, J. D. & Matheson, Jr. R. E. (1985). Polychromatism and polymorphism in Breviraja spinosa (Elasmobranchii, Rajiformes), with description of three new species. Copeia, 4, 1035-1052.
Subject(s): Polychrome
Polymorphism (Zoology)
Elasmobranchii
Rajiformes
Species
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Host Institution: FAU