meridionalis, Bathyraja Stehmann [M. F. W.] 1987:37, Figs. 1-9 [Archiv für Fischereiwissenschaft v. 38 (nos 1-2); ref. 9121] Eastern slope off South Georgia Island, South Atlantic, 53°56'S, 35°40'W, Walther Herwig station 33/76, southern Atlantic, depth 800 meters. Holotype: ZMH 24933 [ex ISH 328-1976]. Paratypes: ZMH 24934 [ex ISH 348-1976] (1). Type catalog: Krefft 1987:72 [ref. 20751], Thiel et al. 2009:16 [ref. 30918]. •Valid as Bathyraja meridionalis Stehmann 1987 -- (McEachran & Dunn 1998:286 [ref. 23312], Compagno 1999:488 [ref. 25589], Stehmann 2005:S35 [ref. 28647], Stehmann 2005:S53 [ref. 28648], Weigmann 2016:94 [ref. 34211], Last et al. 2016:26 [ref. 34941], Last et al. 2016:400 [ref. 35005], Kim et al. 2021:60 [ref. 39117], Ebert et al. 2022:32 [ref. 39636]). Current status: Valid as Bathyraja meridionalis Stehmann 1987. Arhynchobatidae. Distribution: Antarctic and western Pacific. Habitat: marine.