Potamotrygon amandae

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: Potamotrygon
Species: Potamotrygon amandae

Name

Potamotrygon amandae Loboda & Carvalho, 2013

• Holotype: MZUSP 110910.
• Paratypes: 12.

Type locality: Paraguai River, subdistrict of Albuquerque, district of Corumbá, State of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, 19º41’S, 57º38’W.

Etymology: The species is named after biologist Amanda Lucas Gimeno, who was an undergraduate colleague of the first author.

References

• Loboda, T.S. & Carvalho, M.R. de 2013. Systematic revision of the Potamotrygon motoro (Müller & Henle, 1841) species complex in the Paraná-Paraguay basin, with description of two new ocellated species (Chondrichthyes: Myliobatiformes: Potamotrygonidae). Neotropical ichthyology 11(4): 693–737. PDF. Reference page.