Hemitrygon longicauda

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: Hemitrygon
Species: Hemitrygon longicauda

Name

Hemitrygon longicauda (Last & White, 2013)

• Holotype: MZB 21462.
• Paratypes: 15 specimens.

Type locality: beach at Merauke, West Papua, Indonesia, 08°31’S; 140°22’E [1], less than 0.5 m depth.

Etymology: The species is named longicauda in allusion to its very long tail.

References

Primary references

• Last, P.R.; White, W.T. 2013: Two new stingrays (Chondrichthyes: Dasyatidae) from the eastern Indonesian Archipelago. Zootaxa 3722(1): 1–21. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3722.1.1 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Merauke Stingray