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Elasmobranch Specimen Details

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AF - 92 Gymnura natalensis

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ID

Species ID No.	467
Collection Code	AF
Collection No.	92
Genus	Gymnura
Species	natalensis
Common Name	Backwater butterfly ray
ID Verified	No
ID Verified By
Class	Elasmobranchii
Order	Myliobatiformes
Family	Gymnuridae
ID Notes

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY)	Action	User Name
05/10/2010	Created	K. Jensen
01/17/2013	Modified
01/26/2016	Modified	K. Jensen

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Host Specimen Attributes

Sex	male

Maturity	immature	Freshness	fresh
PCL (cm)		Disk Length (cm)	45
Fork Length (cm)		Disk Width (cm)	90

Total Length (cm)

61.5

Host Specimen Necropsied

Host Specimen Deposition

Saved Entire	No
Accession No.

Host DNA

DNA Samples Saved	Yes
DNA Samples Deposition	UConn, KU, FSU
ND2 Data Generated	No
ND2 Sequence Data
GenBank No.
Cophylogeny Specimen

Host Notes

Locality

Collection Date (mm/dd/yyyy)	4/27/10
Collected By	J. Caira, K. Jensen
Source of Specimen
Collection Method	bottom trawl
Collection Depth (m)	50
Country	South Africa
Ocean	Indian Ocean
Body of Water/River
River Basin
Island(s)
State/Province
City
Coordinates	34°1.5'S , 25°46.61'E
Decimal Degree Latitude
Decimal Degree Longitude

Associated Parasites

Parasites	10% NBF	95% EtOH	10% NBF Picked
Valve	Yes	No
Sift		No
Worms		Yes	n/a
Parasite Specimens ( 1 )
Parasite Notes	valve & sift at KU; maybe some Acanthobothrium left