Aetoplatea Valenciennes [A.] in Müller & Henle 1841:175 Fem. Aetoplatea tentaculata Valenciennes 1841. Type by monotypy. Name spelled Aëtoplatea in original description. Aetoplatia Agassiz 1846:10 [ref. 64] and of Scudder 1882:8 [ref. 6462] is an unjustified emendation. •Valid as Aetoplatea Valenciennes 1841 -- (Nishida 1990:98 [ref. 19783], Compagno & Last 1999:1507 [ref. 24637], Compagno 1999:497 [ref. 25589], Compagno et al. 2005:76 [ref. 29145], Schwartz 2008:38 [ref. 36773]). •Synonym of Gymnura van Hasselt 1823 -- (Cappetta 1987:165 [ref. 6348], Jacobsen & Bennett 2009:9 [ref. 30470], Smith et al. 2009:762 [ref. 31278]). Current status: Synonym of Gymnura van Hasselt 1823. Gymnuridae.