Multispine giant stingray
| Multispine giant stingray | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Myliobatiformes |
| Family: | Dasyatidae |
| Genus: | Dasyatis |
| Species: | D. multispinosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Dasyatis multispinosa (Tokarev, 1959) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Urolophoides multispinosus Tokarev, 1959 | |
The multispine giant stingray, Dasyatis multispinosa is a species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae. Some authors regard this species as the same as the pitted stingray (D. matsubarai).[2] This species is now regarded as a population of the Short-tail stingray (Bathytoshia brevicaudata).
References
[edit]- ↑ Ishihara, H. (2007). "Dasyatis multispinosa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007. Retrieved January 9, 2010.
- ↑ Nishida, K.; K. Nakaya (1990). "Taxonomy of the genus Dasyatis (Elasmobranchii, Dasyatididae) from the North Pacific". In Pratt, H.L.; S.H. Gruber; T. Taniuchi (eds.). Elasmobranchs as living resources: advances in the biology, ecology, systematics, and behaviour, and the status of fisheries (Technical report). NOAA. pp. 327–346. NMFS 90.
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