Plesiotrygon iwamae

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Dasyatoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Classis: Chondrichthyes
Subclassis: Elasmobranchii
Infraclassis: Euselachii
Division/Cohort: Neoselachii
Subdivision/Subcohort: Batoidea
Superordo: Batomorphii
Ordo: Myliobatiformes
Subordo: Myliobatoidei
Superfamilia: Dasyatoidea

Familia: Potamotrygonidae
Genus: Plesiotrygon
Species: P. iwamae – P. nana

Name

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Plesiotrygon R. de S. Rosa, Castello & Thorson, 1987

Type species: Plesiotrygon iwamae Rosa, Castello & Thorson 1987. Type by original designation (also monotypic).

References

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  • Rosa, R.S. , H.P. Castello & T. B. Thorson 1987: Plesiotrygon iwamae, a new genus and species of neotropical freshwater stingray (Chondrichthyes: Potamotrygonidae). Copeia, 1987 (2): 447–458.
  • Lasso, C.A. , A. Acosta Santos & A. Agudelo Córdoba 2011: Primer registro de la raya látigo o antena Plesiotrygon iwamae Rosa, Castello y Thorson 1987 (Chondrichthys: Potamotrygonidae) para Colombia. Biota Colombiana, 11 (1-2): 173–175.

Vernacular names

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English: River stingrays