- Multispine giant stingray
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Multispine giant stingray Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Chondrichthyes Order: Myliobatiformes Family: Dasyatidae Genus: Dasyatis Species: D. multispinosa Binomial name Dasyatis multispinosa
(Tokarev, 1959)Synonyms 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]
References
- ^ Ishihara, H. (2007). Dasyatis multispinosa. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on January 9, 2010.
- ^ Nishida, K. and K. Nakaya (1990). "Taxonomy of the genus Dasyatis (Elasmobranchii, Dasyatididae) from the North Pacific." in Pratt, H.L., S.H. Gruber and T. Taniuchi. Elasmobranchs as living resources: advances in the biology, ecology, systematics, and behaviour, and the status of fisheries. NOAA Technical Report, NMFS 90. pp. 327–346.
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