{"id":4659,"date":"2022-08-09T11:54:07","date_gmt":"2022-08-09T11:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ciesm.org\/marine\/programs\/seabirds\/?page_id=4659"},"modified":"2022-09-14T15:54:13","modified_gmt":"2022-09-14T15:54:13","slug":"glossary","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ciesm.org\/marine\/programs\/skatesandrays\/glossary\/","title":{"rendered":"A short glossary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:40px\"><strong>A short glossary<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-primary-background-color has-background\"><li><strong>Established<\/strong> <strong>species<\/strong>: more than three records in the last 25 years<\/li><li><strong>Unsettled species<\/strong>: less than three records in the last 25 years<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Apical lobe:<\/strong> small fleshy lobe at the snout tip of some rays.<\/li><li><strong>Caudal:<\/strong> pertaining to the tail region.<\/li><li><strong style=\"background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--background); color: var(--wp--preset--color--foreground); font-family: var(--font-base, &quot;PT Sans&quot;, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, &quot;Roboto&quot;, &quot;Oxygen&quot;, &quot;Ubuntu&quot;, &quot;Cantarell&quot;, &quot;Fira Sans&quot;, &quot;Droid Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif);\">Caudal sting:<\/strong><span style=\"background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--background); color: var(--wp--preset--color--foreground); font-family: var(--font-base, &quot;PT Sans&quot;, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, &quot;Roboto&quot;, &quot;Oxygen&quot;, &quot;Ubuntu&quot;, &quot;Cantarell&quot;, &quot;Fira Sans&quot;, &quot;Droid Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif);\"> enlarged, dagger-like bony structure on the tail of some rays; sometimes abbreviated to \u2018sting\u2019.<\/span><\/li><li><strong>Claspers:<\/strong> reproductive parts of the pelvic fins in male sharks, rays and chimaeras used for transferring sperm to the female; enlarged and paired in adults.<\/li><li><strong>Demersal:<\/strong> living on or near the seafloor; incorporates both benthic and benthopelagic organisms.<\/li><li><strong>Denticle:<\/strong> type of scale (placoid) of a cartilaginous fish.<\/li><li><strong>Disc:<\/strong> the combined head, trunk and enlarged pectoral fins of many rays.<\/li><li><strong>Egg case: <\/strong>strong casing surrounding the fertilised eggs of some sharks, skates and chimaeras; in rays, a protective case made of collagen fibres used to protect the developing embryo; flattened and rectangular in shape and laid on the seafloor.<\/li><li><strong>Elasmobranch:<\/strong> major group of cartilaginous fishes including the sharks and rays.<\/li><li><strong>Gill slits:<\/strong> long, narrow respiratory openings on the ventral head in rays.<\/li><li><strong>Oviparous: <\/strong>producing egg cases that hatch after being ejected from the body of the parent female ray.<\/li><li><strong>Pelvic fins:<\/strong> paired fins (rarely joined) positioned on the ventral surface between the head and vent.<\/li><li><strong>Rostrum:<\/strong> a projecting snout; anterior part of the skull of some rays.<\/li><li><strong>Skin fold:<\/strong> an area where skin is bent over upon itself, forming a fleshy ridge.<\/li><li><strong>Snout: <\/strong>that part of the head in front of the eyes; direct distance from the eye to the anteriormost tip of the head.<\/li><li><strong>Spawning ground:<\/strong> geographic area where reproduction takes place.<\/li><li><strong style=\"background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--background); color: var(--wp--preset--color--foreground); font-family: var(--font-base, &quot;PT Sans&quot;, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, &quot;Roboto&quot;, &quot;Oxygen&quot;, &quot;Ubuntu&quot;, &quot;Cantarell&quot;, &quot;Fira Sans&quot;, &quot;Droid Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif);\">Spiracle:<\/strong><span style=\"background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--background); color: var(--wp--preset--color--foreground); font-family: var(--font-base, &quot;PT Sans&quot;, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, &quot;Roboto&quot;, &quot;Oxygen&quot;, &quot;Ubuntu&quot;, &quot;Cantarell&quot;, &quot;Fira Sans&quot;, &quot;Droid Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif);\"> a respiratory opening behind the eye in sharks and rays.<\/span><\/li><li><strong style=\"background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--background); color: var(--wp--preset--color--foreground); font-family: var(--font-base, &quot;PT Sans&quot;, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, &quot;Roboto&quot;, &quot;Oxygen&quot;, &quot;Ubuntu&quot;, &quot;Cantarell&quot;, &quot;Fira Sans&quot;, &quot;Droid Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif);\">Sympatric: <\/strong><span style=\"background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--background); color: var(--wp--preset--color--foreground); font-family: var(--font-base, &quot;PT Sans&quot;, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, &quot;Roboto&quot;, &quot;Oxygen&quot;, &quot;Ubuntu&quot;, &quot;Cantarell&quot;, &quot;Fira Sans&quot;, &quot;Droid Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif);\">living together in the same spatial or geographic area.<\/span><\/li><li><strong>Teleost:<\/strong> large group containing most bony fishes.<\/li><li><strong>Thorn:<\/strong> large dermal structure on the skin of many rays; tips vary from sharp to blunt.<\/li><li><strong>Viviparous: <\/strong>producing live young from within the body of the parent female.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A short glossary Established species: more than three records in the last 25 years Unsettled species: less than three records in the last 25 years Apical lobe: small fleshy lobe at the snout tip of some rays. Caudal: pertaining to the tail region. Caudal sting: enlarged, dagger-like bony structure on the tail of some rays;<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/ciesm.org\/marine\/programs\/skatesandrays\/glossary\/\">Lire la suite <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\u00ab\u00a0A short glossary\u00a0\u00bb<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ciesm.org\/marine\/programs\/skatesandrays\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4659"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ciesm.org\/marine\/programs\/skatesandrays\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ciesm.org\/marine\/programs\/skatesandrays\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ciesm.org\/marine\/programs\/skatesandrays\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ciesm.org\/marine\/programs\/skatesandrays\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4659"}],"version-history":[{"count":145,"href":"https:\/\/ciesm.org\/marine\/programs\/skatesandrays\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4659\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6189,"href":"https:\/\/ciesm.org\/marine\/programs\/skatesandrays\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4659\/revisions\/6189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ciesm.org\/marine\/programs\/skatesandrays\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}