Urogymnus

Urogymnus asperrimus

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: Urogymninae
Genus: Urogymnus
Species (6): U. acanthobothrium – U. asperrimus – U. dalyensis – U. granulatus – u. lobistomus – U. polylepis

Name

• Urogymnus J. P. Müller & Henle, 1837: 434 [replacement name]

Type species: Raja asperrima Bloch & Schneider, 1801, by implication.

Synonyms

• Gymnura Müller & Henle, 1837: 117 [preoccupied by Gymnura van Hasselt, 1823]

Type species: Raja asperrima Bloch & Schneider, 1801, by original designation.

References

Primary references

• Müller, J. & Henle, F.G.J. 1837. Ueber die Gattungen der Plagiostomen. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 3: 394–401, 434.

Additional references

• Last, P.R., Naylor, G.J.P. & Manjaji-Matsumoto, B.M. 2016. A revised classification of the family Dasyatidae (Chondrichthyes: Myliobatiformes) based on new morphological and molecular insights. Zootaxa 4139(3): 345–368. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4139.3.2. Reference page. 
• Last, P.R., White, W.T. & Kyne, P.M. 2016. Urogymnus acanthobothrium sp. nov., a new euryhaline whipray (Myliobatiformes: Dasyatidae) from Australia and Papua New Guinea. Zootaxa 4147(2): 162–176. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4147.2.4. Reference page.