Abnormal hermaphroditism in the multispine skate Bathyraja multispinis (Chondrichthyes, Rajidae) |
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| Authors: | L. B. Scenna,&dagger &Dagger ,J. M. Dí azde,Astarloa&dagger § M. B. Cousseau |
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| Affiliation: | Departamento de Ciencias Marinas, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Funes 3350, B7602AYL Mar del Plata, Argentina; , Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Av. Rivadavia 1917, C1033AAJ Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina; and Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo Pesquero (INIDEP), Paseo Victoria Ocampo N°1, B7602HSA Mar del Plata, Argentina |
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| Abstract: | A hermaphroditic individual of the multispine skate, Bathyraja multispinis , caught on the Argentinean continental shelf, is described. This is the first record of hermaphroditism in the genus Bathyraja and one of the very few hermaphroditic specimens reported in the Rajidae. |
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| Keywords: | Bathyraja Chondrichthyes hermaphroditism Rajidae south-west Atlantic |
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