Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
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.
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]
Species
Urogymnus acanthobothrium Last, White & Kyne, 2016 (Mumburarr whipray)[2]
Urogymnus asperrimus (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) (Porcupine ray)
Urogymnus dalyensis (Last & Manjaji-Matsumoto, 2008) (Freshwater whipray)
Urogymnus granulatus (Macleay, 1883) (Mangrove whipray)
Urogymnus lobistomus (Manjaji-Matsumoto & Last, 2006) (Tubemouth whipray)
Urogymnus polylepis (Bleeker, 1852) (Giant freshwater 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.
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.
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