Elasmobranch Specimen Details

DF - 4 Maculabatis astra
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Species ID No. 524
Collection Code DF
Collection No. 4
Genus Maculabatis
Species astra
Common Name (Himantura toshi of Last et al., 2016)
ID Verified Yes
ID Verified By G. Naylor, J. Caira & K. Jensen
Class Elasmobranchii
Order Myliobatiformes
Family Dasyatidae
ID Notes white material out of claspers (mature?) ; very long tail! no dorsal or ventral fin folds; 4 widely spaced papillae ????? spots on dorsal surface small! nose somewhat pointed; Tim Littlewood has photos of dorsal surface and ventral of mouth! NOTE: no # in pics. Included in Naylor et al. (2011)

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
01/26/2009 Created
04/06/2012Modified
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Host Specimen Attributes

Sex male
Maturity Freshness
PCL (cm) Disk Length (cm) 55.88
Fork Length (cm) Disk Width (cm) 60.96
Total Length (cm) 172.72
Host Specimen Necropsied
Host Specimen Deposition
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Associated Parasites

Parasites 10% NBF 95% EtOH 10% NBF Picked
Valve Yes
Sift
Worms n/a
Parasite Specimens ( 0 )
Parasite Notes valve at UConn-April 2012-ADS