Neotrygon kuhlii

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

Neotrygon kuhlii (Müller & Henle, 1841)

Syntypes: MNHN 0000-2440 (2) Vanicoro, A-7931 (1) New Guinea; RMNH (1, dry).
Type localities: India; Vanicoro [Solomon Islands]; New Guinea.
Etymology: Species is named in appreciation after Heinrich Kuhl, who first discovered the species.

Last, P.R., White, W.T. & Séret, B. 2016. Taxonomic status of maskrays of the Neotrygon kuhlii species complex (Myliobatoidei: Dasyatidae) with the description of three new species from the Indo-West Pacific. Zootaxa 4083(4): 533–561. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4083.4.5. Reference page.
Müller, J.P. & Henle, F.G.J. 1838–41. Systematische Beschreibung der Plagiostomen. Veit und Comp., Berlin. i–xxii + 1–200, 60 pls. [Pp. 1–28 published in 1838, reset pp. 27–28, 29–102 in 1839, i–xxii + 103–200 in 1841.] BHL Reference page.
Weigmann, S. & Thiel, R. 2013. Predicting the Spatial Distribution of the Blue–Spotted Maskray Neotrygon kuhlii (Myliobatiformes, Dasyatidae) on the Australian North and Northwest Shelf Comparing Two Different Methods of Habitat Modeling. Journal of Ichthyology 53(8): 628–640.

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