FIGURE 17. Rajella paucispinosa n in Rajella paucispinosa n. sp., a new deep-water skate (Elasmobranchii, Rajidae) from the western Indian Ocean off South Mozambique, and a revised generic diagnosis

FIGURE 17. Rajella paucispinosa n. sp., holotype, ZMH 26000, almost adult male, 468 mm TL, left terminal clasper skeleton in (A) dorsal, (B) opened, and (C) ventral views (dorsal terminal 1 removed). Abbreviations: at1 and at2 = accessory terminals 1 and 2, ax = axial, dm = dorsal marginal, dt2 to 4 = dorsal terminals 2 to 4, tb = terminal bridge, vm = ventral marginal, vt = ventral terminal. Dashed line in (C) indicates outline contour of vt cartilage to illustrate its position above other cartilages.