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NT - 37 Himantura leoparda

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ID

Species ID No.	539
Collection Code	NT
Collection No.	37
Genus	Himantura
Species	leoparda
Common Name	Leopard whipray
ID Verified	No
ID Verified By
Class	Elasmobranchii
Order	Myliobatiformes
Family	Dasyatidae
ID Notes	1 vial liver sent to G. Naylor (01/14/00)

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY)	Action	User Name
01/26/2009	Created
12/14/2012	Modified
02/10/2016	Modified	K. Jensen
03/16/2023	Modified	J. Caira

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Host Specimen Attributes

Sex	female

Maturity		Freshness
PCL (cm)		Disk Length (cm)	124
Fork Length (cm)		Disk Width (cm)	136

Total Length (cm)

310

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

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	Yes
Worms		Yes	n/a
Parasite Specimens ( 4 )
Parasite Notes	valve and sift at UConn-April 2012-ADS; Cestodes saved in EM fix; 3 vial mistakenly labeled as NT-37 Himantura jenkensii; 1 vial Anthocephalum in 70% EtOH and 1 vial in 95% EtOH to Tim R.; 1 vial Anthocephalum in 70% to Ruhnke 12/8/12; Tim took 70% vial of Stilla (Mar 16, 2023); Tim took 70% vial of Stilla (Mar 16, 2023)