Neotrygon australiae

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: Neotrygoninae
Genus: Neotrygon
Species: Neotrygon australiae

Name

Neotrygon australiae Last et al., 2016

• Holotype: CSIRO H 7016-01.
• Paratypes (8): CSIRO CA 3236, CA 3247, CA 4307, H 3914-01, H 6144-19, H 7017-01, H 7018-01, T 693.

Type locality: southwest of Weipa, Gulf of Carpentaria, Queensland, 12°53.96′ S, 141°12.71′ E, 36–38 m depth.

Etymology: Epithet demarcates the Australasian distribution of this member of bluespotted mask ray complex of the genus Neotrygon.

References

Primary references

• 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. 

Vernacular names

English: Australian Bluespotted Maskray