The multispine giant stingray, Dasyatis multispinosa is a species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae. Some authors regard this species as the same as the pitted stingray (D. matsubarai).[2]
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Species: | D. multispinosa
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Dasyatis multispinosa (Tokarev, 1959)
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Urolophoides multispinosus Tokarev, 1959 |
References
edit- ^ Ishihara, H. (2007). "Dasyatis multispinosa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007. Retrieved January 9, 2010.
- ^ Nishida, K. and K. Nakaya (1990). "Taxonomy of the genus Dasyatis (Elasmobranchii, Dasyatididae) from the North Pacific." in Pratt, H.L., S.H. Gruber and T. Taniuchi. Elasmobranchs as living resources: advances in the biology, ecology, systematics, and behaviour, and the status of fisheries. NOAA Technical Report, NMFS 90. pp. 327–346.