Plesiotrygon

Plesiotrygon iwamae

Taxonavigation

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

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

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

References

• 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

English: River stingrays