WoRMS taxon details
Benthobatis marcida Bean & Weed, 1909
279903 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:279903)
accepted
Species
Benthobatis cervina Bean & Weed, 1909 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Bean, B. A. and A. C. Weed. (1909). Descriptions of two new species of electric rays, of the family Narcobatidae, from deep water off the southern Atlantic coast of the United States. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 36 (1694): 677-680. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Benthobatis marcida Bean & Weed, 1909. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=279903 on 2025-03-24
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Nomenclature
original description
Bean, B. A. and A. C. Weed. (1909). Descriptions of two new species of electric rays, of the family Narcobatidae, from deep water off the southern Atlantic coast of the United States. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 36 (1694): 677-680. [details]
original description (of Benthobatis cervina Bean & Weed, 1909) Bean, B. A. and A. C. Weed. (1909). Descriptions of two new species of electric rays, of the family Narcobatidae, from deep water off the southern Atlantic coast of the United States. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 36 (1694): 677-680. [details]
original description (of Benthobatis cervina Bean & Weed, 1909) Bean, B. A. and A. C. Weed. (1909). Descriptions of two new species of electric rays, of the family Narcobatidae, from deep water off the southern Atlantic coast of the United States. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 36 (1694): 677-680. [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 McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [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 McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Benthobatis cervina Bean & Weed, 1909)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Benthobatis cervina Bean & Weed, 1909)
To FishBase images (Benthobatis marcida, by FAO)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Benthobatis manoderma P01742 illustration)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Benthobatis marcida RAD110899-001)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Benthobatis cervina Bean & Weed, 1909)
To FishBase images (Benthobatis marcida, by FAO)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Benthobatis manoderma P01742 illustration)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Benthobatis marcida RAD110899-001)
To ITIS
