Pteroplatytrygon

Pteroplatytrygon violacea

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: Dasyatidae
Subfamilia: Dasyatinae
Genus: Pteroplatytrygon
Species (1): P. violacea

Name

• Pteroplatytrygon Fowler, 1910: 474

Type species: Trygon violacea Bonaparte, 1832, by original designation and monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Fowler, H.W. 1910. Notes on batoid fishes. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 62: 468–475.

Additional references

• Last, P.R., Naylor, G.J.P. & 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. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Pelagic Stingray