WoRMS taxon details
Rajella bigelowi (Stehmann, 1978)
105893 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105893)
accepted
Species
Raja bigelowi Stehmann, 1978 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Raja bigelowi Stehmann, 1978) Stehmann, M. F. W. (1978). Raja "bathyphila", eine Doppelart des Subgenus Rajella: Wiederbeschreibung von R. bathyphila Holt & Byrne, 1908 und Raja bigelowi spec. nov. (Pisces, Rajiformes, Rajidae). <em>Archiv für Fischereiwissenschaft.</em> v. 29 (nos 1/2): 23-58. [English summary.]. [details]
Distribution Grand Banks to northeastern Gulf of Mexico; Gulf of Maine record from Collette and Klein-MacPhee (eds.) 2002
Distribution Grand Banks to northeastern Gulf of Mexico; Gulf of Maine record from Collette and Klein-MacPhee (eds.) 2002 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Rajella bigelowi (Stehmann, 1978). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105893 on 2025-03-14
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Raja bigelowi Stehmann, 1978) Stehmann, M. F. W. (1978). Raja "bathyphila", eine Doppelart des Subgenus Rajella: Wiederbeschreibung von R. bathyphila Holt & Byrne, 1908 und Raja bigelowi spec. nov. (Pisces, Rajiformes, Rajidae). <em>Archiv für Fischereiwissenschaft.</em> v. 29 (nos 1/2): 23-58. [English summary.]. [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution Grand Banks to northeastern Gulf of Mexico; Gulf of Maine record from Collette and Klein-MacPhee (eds.) 2002 [details]Habitat benthic [details]
Habitat Found on continental slopes and deepwater rises. [details]
Reproduction Oviparous. Distinct pairing with embrace. Eggs are oblong capsules with stiff pointed horns at the corners deposited in sandy or muddy flats [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Bigelow's ray | [details] |
| German | Bigelows Rochen | [details] |
| Lithuanian | Bigelovo raja | [details] |
| Spanish | raya de Bigelow | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Raja bigelowi Stehmann, 1978)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Rajella bigelowi)
To FishBase (from synonym Raja bigelowi Stehmann, 1978)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Raja bigelowi, Canada, by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada) (from synonym Raja bigelowi Stehmann, 1978)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 5 proteins) (from synonym Raja bigelowi Stehmann, 1978)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Rajella bigelowi (Stehmann, 1978); NHMUK:ecatalogue:8581560)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Raja bigelowi RAD109917-001) (from synonym Raja bigelowi Stehmann, 1978)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Raja bigelowi RAD109918-001) (from synonym Raja bigelowi Stehmann, 1978)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Raja bigelowi Stehmann, 1978)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Rajella bigelowi)
To FishBase (from synonym Raja bigelowi Stehmann, 1978)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Raja bigelowi, Canada, by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada) (from synonym Raja bigelowi Stehmann, 1978)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 5 proteins) (from synonym Raja bigelowi Stehmann, 1978)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Rajella bigelowi (Stehmann, 1978); NHMUK:ecatalogue:8581560)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Raja bigelowi RAD109917-001) (from synonym Raja bigelowi Stehmann, 1978)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Raja bigelowi RAD109918-001) (from synonym Raja bigelowi Stehmann, 1978)
To PESI
To ITIS
