Hypanus

Life-forms

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: Dasyatinae
Genus: Hypanus
Species (8): H. americanus – H. dipterurus – H. guttatus – H. longus – H. marianae – H. rudis – H. sabinus – H. say
Name

Hypanus Rafinesque, 1818: 272

Type species: Raja say Lesueur, 1817, by monotypy.
References
Primary references

Rafinesque, C. S. 1818. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Vol. i. Part I. Philadelphia. 8vo. pp. 220, and 9 plates. May to December, 1817. American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review 3(4): 269–274.

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.

Hypanus is a genus of stingrays in the family Dasyatidae from warmer parts of the East Pacific and Atlantic, including the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico. The genus was previous regarded as a junior synonym of the genus Dasyatis.[1]
Species

The placement of H. marianae and H. rudis within the genus is provisional, pending more thorough investigation.

Hypanus americanus (Hildebrand & Schroeder, 1928) (Southern stingray)
Hypanus berthalutzae Petean, Naylor & Lima, 2020 (Lutz's stingray)
Hypanus dipterurus (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880) (Diamond stingray)
Hypanus guttatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (Longnose stingray)
Hypanus longus (Garman, 1880) (Longtail stingray)
Hypanus marianae (Gomes, Rosa & Gadig, 2000) (Brazilian large-eyed stingray)
Hypanus rudis (Günther, 1870) (Smalltooth stingray)
Hypanus sabinus (Lesueur, 1824) (Atlantic stingray)
Hypanus say (Lesueur, 1817) (Bluntnose stingray)

References

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.