atlantica, Pseudoraja Bigelow [H. B.] & Schroeder [W. C.] 1962:209, Figs. 11-13 [Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 128 (no. 4); ref. 5793] Atlantic coast of Nicaragua, 13°20'N, 82°02'W, Oregon station 1917, depth 325 fathoms. Holotype: USNM 196444. Paratypes: MCZ 40167-68 (1, 1). Additional material: (57). •Valid as Pseudoraja atlantica Bigelow & Schroeder 1962 -- (Cervigón & Alcalá 1999:164 [ref. 24490]). •Valid as Gurgesiella atlantica (Bigelow & Schroeder 1962) -- (McEachran & Compagno 1980:11 [ref. 6896], Uyeno & Miyake in Uyeno et al. 1983:80 [ref. 14275], McEachran & Dunn 1998:286 [ref. 23312], Compagno 1999:491 [ref. 25589], Menni & Stehmann 2000:80 [ref. 24909], Camargo & Isaac 2001:144 [ref. 27639], Gomes & Gadig in Menezes et al. 2003:29 [ref. 27192], McEachran & Carvalho 2003:556 [ref. 26985], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:116 [ref. 34398], Weigmann 2016:111 [ref. 34211] see remarks, Last et al. 2016:29 [ref. 34941], Weigmann et al. 2016:491 [ref. 35006], Ehemann et al. 2018:25 [ref. 36194], Ehemann et al. 2019:[6] [ref. 36861], Carvalho-Filho 2023:318 [ref. 40480], Fricke et al. 2024:93 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Valid as Gurgesiella atlantica (Bigelow & Schroeder 1962). Gurgesiellidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: southern Gulf of Mexico south to northern Brazil, including Caribbean Sea. IUCN (2020): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.