Styracura schmardae

Himantura schmardae

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
Subfamiliae: Styracurinae
Genus: Styracura
Species: Styracura schmardae

Name

• Styracura schmardae (Werner, 1904)

Combinations

• Trygon schmardae Werner, 1904: 298 [original combination]
• Dasybatus schmardae: Garman, 1913: 386 [name combination]
• Dasyatis schmardae: Fowler, 1931: 391 [name combination]
• Himantura schmardae: Bigelow & Schroeder, 1953: 390–394 [name combination]
• Styracura schmardae: Carvalho, Loboda & Silva, 2016: 203 [name combination]

References

Primary references

• Werner, F. 1904 Die Fische der zoologisch-vergleichend-anatomischen Sammlung der Wiener Universität. I. Teil. Cyclostomen, Chondropterygier, Ganoiden, Dipnoer. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 21(3): 263–302.
• Carvalho, M.R. de, Loboda, T.S. & Silva, J.P.C.B. 2016. A new subfamily, Styracurinae, and new genus, Styracura, for Himantura schmardae (Werner, 1904) and Himantura pacifica (Beebe & Tee-Van, 1941) (Chondrichthyes: Myliobatiformes). Zootaxa 4175(3): 201–221. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4175.3.1. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: chupare stingray, Caribbean whiptail stingray