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Pastinachus Ruppell 1829

Description

Genus Pastinachus Rüppell, 1829

Cowtail Rays

Pastinachus R̹ppell, 1829: 51. Type species: Raja sephen Forsskål 1775, by subsequent designation (Garman 1913: 375).

Notes

Published as part of Ebert, David A., Wintner, Sabine P. & Kyne, Peter M., 2021, An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of South Africa, pp. 1-127 in Zootaxa 4947 (1) on page 94, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4947.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4614567

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Ruppell
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Myliobatiformes
Family
Dasyatidae
Genus
Pastinachus
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Pastinachus Ruppell, 1829 sec. Ebert, Wintner & Kyne, 2021

References

  • Forsskal, P. S. (1775) Descriptiones animalium avium, amphibiorum, piscium, insectorum, vermium; quae in itinere orientali observavit ... Post mortem auctoris edidit Carsten Niebuhr. ex officina M ˆ lleri, Hauniae, 20 + xxxiv + 164 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 2154
  • Garman, S. (1913) The Plagiostomia (sharks, skates, and rays). Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College, 36, 1 - 515.