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Elasmobranch Specimen Details

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NT - 117 Himantura leoparda

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ID

Species ID No.	539
Collection Code	NT
Collection No.	117
Genus	Himantura
Species	leoparda
Common Name	Leopard whipray
ID Verified	No
ID Verified By
Class	Elasmobranchii
Order	Myliobatiformes
Family	Dasyatidae
ID Notes	no polaroid taken; pups

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY)	Action	User Name
01/26/2009	Created
02/22/2012	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)	91
Fork Length (cm)		Disk Width (cm)	100

Total Length (cm)

223

Host Specimen Necropsied

Host Specimen Deposition

Saved Entire	No
Accession No.

Host DNA

DNA Samples Saved	No
DNA Samples Deposition
ND2 Data Generated	No
ND2 Sequence Data
GenBank No.
Cophylogeny Specimen

Host Notes

Locality

Collection Date (mm/dd/yyyy)	11/22/1999
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 ( 10 )
Parasite Notes	valve at KU; 1 vial Rhinebothriidea, 1 vial Anthocephalum in 70% EtOH, and 1 vial Anthocephalum in 95% EtOH to Tim R.; Tim took 70% vial of Stilla (Mar 16, 2023)