Elasmobranch Specimen Details

BO - 480 Urogymnus lobistoma
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ID

Species ID No. 540
Collection Code BO
Collection No. 480
Genus Urogymnus
Species lobistoma
Common Name Tubemouth whipray (was Himantura lobistoma)
ID Verified Yes
ID Verified By H. Ralicki, J. Caira & K. Jensen
Class Elasmobranchii
Order Myliobatiformes
Family Dasyatidae
ID Notes tubemouth; trawled by Latip; 3 blood smears taken nose and gills rinsed in seawater and fixed in formalin stomach lesions kept in 10% formalin pup kept in formalin 1 bag sift fixed in 95% ethanol 1 bag sift fixed in 10% formalin body cavity and cloaca checked no parasites. Included in Naylor et al. (2011)

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
01/26/2009 Created
04/05/2012Modified
08/31/2015ModifiedJ. Caira
02/10/2016ModifiedK. Jensen
08/06/2016ModifiedJ. Caira
02/17/2020ModifiedJ. Caira
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Host Specimen Attributes

Sex female
Maturity mature Freshness
PCL (cm) Disk Length (cm) 82
Fork Length (cm) Disk Width (cm) 74
Total Length (cm) 244
Host Specimen Necropsied
Host Specimen Deposition
Host DNA
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Associated Parasites

Parasites 10% NBF 95% EtOH 10% NBF Picked
Valve Yes
Sift Yes
Worms Yes (NBF & 95%) n/a
Parasite Specimens ( 4 )
Parasite Notes valve at UConn-April 2012-ADS