Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Pisces > Class Elasmobranchii > Subclass Neoselachii > Infraclass Batoidea > Order Rajiformes > Family Rajidae > Genus Leucoraja

Leucoraja circularis (Couch, 1838)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Leucoraja*	Malm, 1877	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Raja circularis*	Couch, 1838	basionym
*Raja circularis*	Couch, 1838	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Bokmål (Norwegian): sandskate sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Breton: rea florien sources: Cabioch, L. (2008). Personal communication

Dutch: zandrog sources: Ann-Katrien Leskrauwaet

English: sandy ray sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English-United States: Sandy Ray sources: Charles Hussey

French: raie circulaire; raie de sable sources: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.;Louisy P., 2002 - Guide d'identification des poissons marins - Europe et Méditerranée, Ulmer ed, 430 p

German: Sandrochen sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Στρογγυλόβατος sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: apvalioji raja sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian: sandskate sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: sandskate

Norwegian Nynorsk: sandskate

Nynorsk (Norwegian): sandskate sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: raja piaskowa sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: круглый скат sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: raya falsa-vela sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: kum vatozu balığı sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Скат піщаний sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: morgath gron

Literature

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, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 357-374
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	FishBase, version december 2007
additional source	FishBase, version may 2009
additional source	FishBase, version october 2012

Genbank

Taxonomy

FishBase
WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (10 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
FishBase
Barcode of Life (17 barcodes)
Marine Life Information Network - UK
GBIF

Citation

Bailly, N. (2014). Leucoraja circularis (Couch, 1838). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2014) FishBase. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105873