Potamotrygon limai

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: Potamotrygonidae
Genus: Potamotrygon
Species: Potamotrygon limai

Name

Potamotrygon limai Fontenelle, Silva & Carvalho, 2014: 250

• Holotype: MZUSP 103031, 498 mm DW, adult ♂, collected by F.P.L. Marques, N.M. Luchetti, V.M. Bueno and T. Loboda in May 2006.
• Type locality: “Madeira River basin, Jamari River, Represa Samuel, municipal district of Itapoã do Oeste, upper Amazon Basin, state of Rondônia, Brazil, 9°4’33.96” S, 63°18’17.64” W”.

References

Primary references

• Fontenelle, J.P., Silva, J.P.C.B. da & Carvalho, M.R. de 2014. Potamotrygon limai, sp. nov., a new species of freshwater stingray from the upper Madeira River system, Amazon basin (Chondrichthyes: Potamotrygonidae). Zootaxa 3765(3): 249–268. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3765.3.2 Reference page.