Urogymnus

Urogymnus
U. asperrimus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Myliobatiformes
Family: Dasyatidae
Genus: Urogymnus
Type species
Raja asperrima
Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Synonyms
  • Gymnura Müller & Henle, 1837
  • Rhachinotus Cantor, 1849

Urogymnus is a genus of stingrays in the family Dasyatidae from marine, brackish and freshwater habitats in the Indo-Pacific and tropical East Atlantic regions. The genus was previously considered to be monotypic, containing only the porcupine ray (U. asperrimus). Molecular phylogenetic research published in 2016 reassigned several species from Himantura to Urogymnus.[1]

Species

References

  1. Last, P.R.; Naylor, G.J.; Manjaji-Matsumoto, B.M. (2016). "A revised classification of the family Dasyatidae (Chondrichthyes: Myliobatiformes) based on new morphological and molecular insights". Zootaxa. 4139 (3): 345–368. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4139.3.2.
  2. Last, P.R.; White, W.T.; Kyne, P.M. (2016). "Urogymnus acanthobothrium sp. nov., a new euryhaline whipray (Myliobatiformes: Dasyatidae) from Australia and Papua New Guinea". Zootaxa. 4147 (2): 162–176. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4147.2.4.


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