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New records of chondrichthyans species caught in the Cantabrian Sea (southern Bay of Biscay)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 April 2013

C. Rodríguez-Cabello ,
M. Pérez  and
F. Sánchez
C. Rodríguez-Cabello*
Affiliation:
Instituto Español de Oceanografía,Aportado 240, Santander 39080, Spain
M. Pérez
Affiliation:
Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Aportado 1552, Vigo 36200, Spain
F. Sánchez
Affiliation:
Instituto Español de Oceanografía,Aportado 240, Santander 39080, Spain
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: C. Rodríguez-Cabello, Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Apartado 240, Santander 39080, Spain email: c.cabello@st.ieo.es
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Abstract

Seventeen chondrichthyan species were caught in the Cantabrian Sea (southern Bay of Biscay) during a multidisciplinary survey carried out in the Avilés canyon system in May 2011. This survey provided the first records of three species (Galeus murinus, Neoraja iberica, and Neoraja caerulea) in these waters, and a further record of Rajella kukujevi. To confirm the identity of these species, the cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) of the specimens was sequenced. Genetic analyses revealed that the DNA sequences of the two Neoraja species were identical in all the specimens analysed. Morphometric analyses, based on 40 characters, showed 3.66% dissimilarity between the two species. The morphometric character that contributed most to this discrepancy was disc width.

Keywords

deep-water chondrichthyansnew recordsCantabrian SeaAvilés canyonRajellaNeorajaGaleusmorphological divergence.
Type
Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 93 , Issue 7 , November 2013 , pp. 1929 - 1939
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2013 

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