Sandy Ray

Leucoraja circularis (Couch 1838)

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Leucoraja circularis (Sandy Ray) is a species of Rajiformes in the family skates. They are listed as endangered by IUCN. They are carnivores. Individuals can grow to 120 cm. Reproduction is iteroparous and oviparous.

URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/endangered
Definition: A taxon is Endangered when the best available evidence indicates that it meets any of the \r\ncriteria A to E for Endangered, and it is therefore considered to be facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild.
Source: http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/161464

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URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q81875
Definition: organism that eats mostly or exclusively animal tissue
Attribution: Crustacean body sizes

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URI: http://polytraits.lifewatchgreece.eu/terms/STRAT_ITER
Definition: Breeding several times per lifetime.

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URI: http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/Oviparous
Definition: Egg laying; producing eggs that are laid and hatch externally (Lincoln et al., 1998).
Attribution: Lincoln, R., Boxshall, G. & Clark, P., 1998. A dictionary of ecology, evolution and systematics (2nd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University of Press. http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:Oviparous

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EOL has data for 27 attributes, including:

body length
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CMO_0000013
- Definition: A measurement of the longest dimension of a body, typically between two distinct ends of the body.
- Attribution: [database_cross_reference: Dorland:Dorlands_Illustrated_Medical_Dictionary--31st_Ed] [database_cross_reference: ISBN:978-1416049982]
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120 cm
body size
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/OBA_VT0100005
- Definition: The size of a multicellular organism
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117 cm
geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region. Not exclusive; other regions may also be reported.
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Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone
habitat
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002303
- Definition: x has habitat y if: x is an organism, y is a habitat, and y can sustain and allow the growth of a population of x
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benthic
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/benthic
- Definition: Living at the bottom of a body of water.
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habitat
- URI: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/habitat
- Definition: A category or description of the habitat in which the Event occurred.
- Comment: Example: "oak savanna", "pre-cordilleran steppe"
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marine
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000569
- Definition: A habitat that is in or on a sea or ocean containing high concentrations of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids (typically >35 grams dissolved salts per litre).
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habitat includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Habitat
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mud
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000001
- Definition: A liquid or semi-liquid mixture of water and some combination of soil, silt, and clay.
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has ectoparasite
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002633
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Leucoraja circularis (Couch 1838) (sandy ray)
has endoparasite
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002635
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Leucoraja circularis (Couch 1838) (sandy ray)
measurement accuracy
- URI: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/measurementAccuracy
- Definition: The description of the potential error associated with the measurementValue.
- Comment: Examples: "0.01", "normal distribution with variation of 2 m"
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population trend
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/population_trend
- Definition: i.e., increasing, decreasing, stable, or unknown
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Decreasing
water depth
- URI: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/verbatimDepth
- Definition: The depth of seawater at a location where this organism has been observed or collected.
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70 m
water temperature
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/SeawaterTemperature
- Definition: Temperature of the water at a location where this organism has been observed or collected.
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7.463 degrees celsius

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of sandy ray. View this species on GBIF

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