japonica, Pteroplatea Temminck [C. J.] & Schlegel [H.] 1850:309, Pl. 141 [Fauna Japonica Last part (15); ref. 4375] Nagasaki Bay, Japan. Lectotype: RMNH D2479 (stuffed). Paralectotypes: RMNH D2478, D2480-2481 and D2484 (4, stuffed), 4252a-c (3); ZMB 4650 (1, dry). Type catalog: Paepke & Schmidt 1988:179 [ref. 21041], Paepke 2001:330 [ref. 25566]. Lectotype selected by Boeseman 1947:227 [ref. 12876]. •Valid as Gymnura japonica (Temminck & Schlegel 1850) -- (Nakaya in Masuda et al. 1984:16 [ref. 6441], Compagno 1986:138 [ref. 5648], Nishida 1990:92 [ref. 19783], Cheng & Zhou 1997:55 [ref. 26385], Senou & Masuda 1998:7 [ref. 24388], Compagno & Last 1999:1509 [ref. 24637], Compagno 1999:497 [ref. 25589], Nakabo 2000:183 [ref. 25086], Compagno in Randall & Lim 2000:583 [ref. 25122], Wang et al. 2001:45 [ref. 26566] dated 1805 [sic], Nakabo 2002:183 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:73, 486 [ref. 26218], Sujatha 2002:157 [ref. 26899], Khan 2003:6 [ref. 27710] with author as Schlegel, Jacobsen & Bennett 2009:21 [ref. 30470], Smith et al. 2009:766 [ref. 31278], Yamashita et al. 2012:136 [ref. 32408], Ebert et al. 2013:365 [ref. 33045], Dyldin 2015:75 [ref. 34524], Weigmann 2016:143 [ref. 34211], Yokota et al. 2016:515 [ref. 35009], Kim et al. 2020:49 [ref. 39118], Sonoyama et al. 2020:14 [ref. 37637], Kim et al. 2022:32 [ref. 39226], Balisco et al. 2023:5 [ref. 39932], Gales et al. 2023:[3] [ref. 40704]). Current status: Valid as Gymnura japonica (Temminck & Schlegel 1850). Gymnuridae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: Palawan (Philippines) and China north to southern Korea and Japan. Habitat: marine.