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ID

Species ID No.	296
Collection Code	SE
Collection No.	241
Genus	Fontitrygon
Species	margarita
Common Name	Daisy whipray (was Dasyatis margarita)
ID Verified	Yes
ID Verified By	G. Naylor, J. Caira & K. Jensen
Class	Elasmobranchii
Order	Myliobatiformes
Family	Dasyatidae
ID Notes	lower tail fin present, larger; upper tail fin present; 1 conspicuous dorsal midline pearl - many heart shaped denticles surrounding it; Included in Naylor et al. (2011)

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY)	Action	User Name
01/26/2009	Created
06/12/2012	Modified
02/10/2016	Modified	K. Jensen

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Host Specimen Attributes

Sex	male

Maturity		Freshness
PCL (cm)		Disk Length (cm)	36
Fork Length (cm)		Disk Width (cm)	35

Total Length (cm)

85

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	Yes
ND2 Sequence Data
GenBank No.
Cophylogeny Specimen

Host Notes

Locality

Collection Date (mm/dd/yyyy)	1/11/2004
Collected By	J. N. Caira, K. Barber, T. R. Ru
Source of Specimen
Collection Method
Collection Depth (m)
Country	Senegal
Ocean	Atlantic Ocean
Body of Water/River
River Basin
Island(s)
State/Province
City	Djifere
Coordinates	13°55'50"N , 16°45'42"W
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 ( 1 )
Parasite Notes	valve at UConn-April 2012-ADS; 1 vial of Anthocephalum in 95% EtOH to Tim R.