zonurus, Aetoplatea Bleeker [P.] 1852:79 [Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. v. 24 (art. 12); ref. 333] Jakarta, Java, Indonesia. Bleeker specimens: BMNH 1867.11.28.163 (1, poor condition). The species name zonurus is a noun in apposition. •Valid as Aetoplatea zonurus Bleeker 1852 -- (Nishida 1990:92 [ref. 19783], Compagno et al. 2005:76 [ref. 29145]). •Valid as Aetoplatea zonura Bleeker 1852 -- (Chen et al. 1997:10 [ref. 26476], Compagno & Last 1999:1508 [ref. 24637], Compagno 1999:497 [ref. 25589], Compagno in Randall & Lim 2000:583 [ref. 25122], Schwartz 2008:38 [ref. 36773], Smith et al. 2009:766, 778 [ref. 31278] but assignment to Gymnura is supported). •Valid as Gymnura zonura (Bleeker 1852) -- (Yokota et al. 2016:520 [ref. 35009], Kumar et al. 2018:297 [ref. 36178], Psomadakis et al. 2020:204 [ref. 37272], Kumar et al. 2021:[3] [ref. 38260], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:45 [ref. 41223] as cf. zonura, Human et al. 2022:619 [ref. 39675], Gales et al. 2023:[3] [ref. 40704]). •Valid as Gymnura zonurus (Bleeker 1852) -- (Mohsin & Ambak 1996:81 [ref. 27969], Sujatha 2002:157 [ref. 26899], Jacobsen & Bennett 2009:21 [ref. 30470], Last el al. 2010:240 [ref. 32461], Naylor et al. 2012:86 [ref. 32267] see remarks, Ebert et al. 2013:365 [ref. 33045], Weigmann 2016:144 [ref. 34211]). Current status: Valid as Gymnura zonurus (Bleeker 1852). Gymnuridae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: India and Andaman Islands east to Philippines, north to Taiwan. Habitat: marine.
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