Multispine giant stingray
| Multispine giant stingray | |
|---|---|
| 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. Retrieved 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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