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NT - 32 Himantura leoparda

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ID

Species ID No.	539
Collection Code	NT
Collection No.	32
Genus	Himantura
Species	leoparda
Common Name	Leopard whipray
ID Verified	Yes
ID Verified By	H. Ralicki J. Caira & K. Jensen
Class	Elasmobranchii
Order	Myliobatiformes
Family	Dasyatidae
ID Notes	- cestode saved in EM fix- 1 vial liver sent to G. Naylor (01/14/00)

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY)	Action	User Name
01/26/2009	Created
02/22/2012	Modified
08/31/2015	Modified	J. Caira
02/10/2016	Modified	K. Jensen
10/08/2021	Modified	J. Caira

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Host Specimen Attributes

Sex	male

Maturity		Freshness
PCL (cm)		Disk Length (cm)	101
Fork Length (cm)		Disk Width (cm)	112

Total Length (cm)

330

Host Specimen Necropsied

Host Specimen Deposition

Saved Entire	No
Accession No.

Host DNA

DNA Samples Saved	Yes
DNA Samples Deposition	J. Caira at the University of Connecticut; G. Naylor at Florida State University
ND2 Data Generated	No
ND2 Sequence Data
GenBank No.
Cophylogeny Specimen	Yes

Host Notes

Locality

Collection Date (mm/dd/yyyy)	11/12/1999
Collected By	J. N. Caira; K. Jensen
Source of Specimen
Collection Method	trawling
Collection Depth (m)
Country	Australia
Ocean	Pacific Ocean
Body of Water/River	Arafura Sea
River Basin
Island(s)	east of Wessel Islands
State/Province	Northern Territory
City
Coordinates	11°17'44"S , 136°59'48"E
Decimal Degree Latitude
Decimal Degree Longitude

Associated Parasites

Parasites	10% NBF	95% EtOH	10% NBF Picked
Valve	Yes
Sift
Worms		Yes	n/a
Parasite Specimens ( 8 )
Parasite Notes	valve at KU; 1 vial trypanorhynchs in 10% formalin sent to I. Beveridge; 1 vial trypanorhynchs in 95% EtOH sent to I. Beveridge; 1 vial Anthocephalum in 95% EtOH to Tim R.