Belly-shaped Hard Grass vs Spinose skate

Aegilops ventricosa compared with Breviraja spinosa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Belly-shaped Hard Grass	Spinose skate
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Elasmobranchii
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Rajiformes (Rajiformes)
Family	Poaceae (Grass Family)	Rajidae
Genus	Aegilops	Breviraja
Species	Aegilops ventricosa	Breviraja spinosa

Conservation Status

Belly-shaped Hard Grass

LC — Least Concern

Spinose skate

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Belly-shaped Hard Grass	Spinose skate
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Belly-shaped Hard Grass

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, France, Netherlands, and United Kingdom.

Spinose skate

Belly-shaped Hard Grass

The Belly-shaped Hard Grass (Aegilops ventricosa) is a species in the genus Aegilops. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.