Multispine giant stingray

Multispine giant stingray
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Myliobatiformes
Family: Dasyatidae
Genus: Dasyatis
Species:
D. multispinosa
Binomial name
Dasyatis multispinosa
(Tokarev, 1959)
Synonyms

Urolophoides multispinosus Tokarev, 1959

The multispine giant stingray, Dasyatis multispinosa is a species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae. Some authors regard this species as the same as the pitted stingray (D. matsubarai).[2]

References

  1. ^ Ishihara, H. (2007). "Dasyatis multispinosa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007. Retrieved January 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Nishida, K. and K. Nakaya (1990). "Taxonomy of the genus Dasyatis (Elasmobranchii, Dasyatididae) from the North Pacific." in Pratt, H.L., S.H. Gruber and T. Taniuchi. Elasmobranchs as living resources: advances in the biology, ecology, systematics, and behaviour, and the status of fisheries. NOAA Technical Report, NMFS 90. pp. 327–346.


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