Deep-Sea taxon details
Malacoraja senta (Garman, 1885)
158554 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158554)
accepted
Species
Raja senta Garman, 1885 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Raja senta Garman, 1885) Garman, S. (1885). Notes and descriptions taken from selachians in the U. S. National Museum. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 8 (no. 482): 39-44., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.482.39 [details]
Distribution Newfoundland Banks and southern Gulf of St. Lawrence to New Jersey
Distribution Newfoundland Banks and southern Gulf of St. Lawrence to New Jersey [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Malacoraja senta (Garman, 1885). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158554 on 2026-08-15
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Malacoraja senta (Garman, 1885). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158554 on 2026-08-15
original description
(of Raja senta Garman, 1885) Garman, S. (1885). Notes and descriptions taken from selachians in the U. S. National Museum. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 8 (no. 482): 39-44., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.482.39 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
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]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution Newfoundland Banks and southern Gulf of St. Lawrence to New Jersey [details]Habitat benthic [details]
Habitat Found on both mud and clay bottoms; confined to deep waters. [details]
Reproduction Oviparous; spawning time is unknown; horny egg capsules [details]
To Barcode of Life (94 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications) (from synonym Raja senta Garman, 1885)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Malacoraja senta)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Raja senta Garman, 1885)
To GenBank (10071 nucleotides; 49 proteins)
To GenBank (10071 nucleotides; 49 proteins) (from synonym Raja senta Garman, 1885)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Malacoraja senta USNM 386068 radiograph)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications) (from synonym Raja senta Garman, 1885)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Malacoraja senta)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Raja senta Garman, 1885)
To GenBank (10071 nucleotides; 49 proteins)
To GenBank (10071 nucleotides; 49 proteins) (from synonym Raja senta Garman, 1885)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Malacoraja senta USNM 386068 radiograph)
To ITIS
