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

  1. Ishihara, H. (2007). "Dasyatis multispinosa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2008. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved January 9, 2010.
  2. 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. 327346.


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