Elasmobranch Specimen Details

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SE - 246 Fontitrygon margarita
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ID

Species ID No. 296
Collection Code SE
Collection No. 246
Genus Fontitrygon
Species margarita
Common Name Daisy whipray (was Dasyatis margarita)
ID Verified Yes
ID Verified By H. Ralicki J. Caira & K. Jensen
Class Elasmobranchii
Order Myliobatiformes
Family Dasyatidae
ID Notes smelled of urea moving still when photos taken low dorsal no upper dorsal fin one pearl shaped dentricle dentricles between eyes; on sides of eyes and middle in M-shape; Included in Naylor et al. (2011)

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
01/26/2009 Created
06/12/2012Modified
02/10/2016ModifiedK. Jensen
04/14/2017ModifiedJ. Caira
10/08/2021ModifiedJ. Caira
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Host Specimen Attributes

Sex female
Maturity Freshness
PCL (cm) Disk Length (cm) 80
Fork Length (cm) Disk Width (cm) 77.5
Total Length (cm) 165
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 Yes
Host Notes

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Associated Parasites

Parasites 10% NBF 95% EtOH 10% NBF Picked
Valve Yes
Sift Yes
Worms Sift Saved Yes n/a
Parasite Specimens ( 0 )
Parasite Notes valve, sift and nematodes at UConn-April 2012-ADS; piece of valve with nematodes saved - nematodes in EtOH