Gymnura lessae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Dasyatoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Classis: Chondrichthyes Subclassis: Elasmobranchii Infraclassis: Euselachii Division/Cohort: Neoselachii Subdivision/Subcohort: Batoidea Superordo: Batomorphii Ordo: Myliobatiformes Subordo: Myliobatoidei Superfamilia: Dasyatoidea

Familia: Gymnuridae
Genus: Gymnura
Species: Gymnura lessae

Name

Gymnura lessae Yokota & Carvalho, 2017: 20

• Holotype: USNM 51940 (formerly USNM 440342), 420 mm DW, adult ♂, collected by G. Bean.
• Type locality: “North Carolina, Beaufort”.

References

Primary references

• Yokota, L. & Carvalho, M.R. de 2017. Taxonomic and morphological revision of butterfly rays of the Gymnura micrura (Bloch & Schneider 1801) species complex, with the description of two new species (Myliobatiformes: Gymnuridae). Zootaxa 4332(1): 1–74. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4332.1.1 Reference page.