Elasmobranch Specimen Details

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TH - 32 Brevitrygon heterura
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ID

Species ID No. 553
Collection Code TH
Collection No. 32
Genus Brevitrygon
Species heterura
Common Name Dwarf whipray (was Himantura walga)
ID Verified Yes
ID Verified By H. Ralicki J. Caira & K. Jensen
Class Elasmobranchii
Order Myliobatiformes
Family Dasyatidae
ID Notes Could not ID to genus with available keys. It was a round specimen with a pointed thin tail; it has 2 minisculae papillae on the floor of the mouth. Valve was picked, but no worms were found.

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
07/17/2009 Created Beth Barbeau
10/14/2009Modified
03/12/2017ModifiedJ. Caira
04/14/2017ModifiedJ. Caira
07/17/2017ModifiedJ. Caira
10/08/2021ModifiedJ. Caira
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Host Specimen Attributes

Sex male
Maturity Freshness
PCL (cm) Disk Length (cm)
Fork Length (cm) Disk Width (cm)
Total Length (cm)
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

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Associated Parasites

Parasites 10% NBF 95% EtOH 10% NBF Picked
Valve
Sift
Worms n/a
Parasite Specimens ( 0 )
Parasite Notes