Himantura

Himantura granulata

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: Urogymninae
Genus: Himantura
Species (4): H. australis – H. leoparda – H. uarnak – H. undulata

Name

• Himantura Müller & Henle, 1837: 400

Type species: Raja sephen uarnak Forsskål, 1775, by subsequent designation by Jordan & Evermann (1896: 82).

References

Primary references

• Müller, J. & Henle, F.G.J. 1837. Ueber die Gattungen der Plagiostomen. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 3: 394–401, 434.

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. 
• Last, P.R., White, W.T. & Naylor, G.J.P. 2016. Three new stingrays (Myliobatiformes: Dasyatidae) from the Indo–West Pacific. Zootaxa 4147(4): 377–402. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4147.4.2. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Whip Rays
தமிழ்: சாட்டை திருக்கைகள்
ไทย: ปลากระเบน

For more multimedia, look at Himantura on Wikimedia Commons.