Urogymnus

Urogymnus is a genus of stingrays in the family Dasyatidae from marine, brackish and freshwater habitats in the Indo-Pacific and tropical East Atlantic regions. The genus was previously considered to be monotypic, containing only the porcupine ray (U. asperrimus). Molecular phylogenetic research published in 2016 reassigned several species from Himantura to Urogymnus.[1]

Urogymnus
U. asperrimus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Superorder: Batoidea
Order: Myliobatiformes
Family: Dasyatidae
Subfamily: Urogymninae
Genus: Urogymnus
J. P. Müller & Henle, 1837
Type species
Raja asperrima
Synonyms

Species

Data from [2]

Species brought into synonymy
  • Urogymnus africana: synonym of Urogymnus asperrimus
  • Urogymnus africanus: synonym of Urogymnus asperrimus
  • Urogymnus natalensis: synonym of Gymnura natalensis
  • Urogymnus poecilura: synonym of Gymnura poecilura
  • Urogymnus rhombeus: synonym of Urogymnus asperrimus
  • Urogymnus ukpam: synonym of Fontitrygon ukpam

References

  1. Last, P.R.; Naylor, G.J.; 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. PMID 27470808.
  2. Bailly, Nicolas (2014). "Urogymnus Müller & Henle, 1837". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  3. 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. PMID 27515613.


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