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SO - 9 Urogymnus granulatus

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ID

Species ID No.	533
Collection Code	SO
Collection No.	9
Genus	Urogymnus
Species	granulatus
Common Name	Mangrove whipray (was H. granulata)
ID Verified	Yes
ID Verified By	H. Ralicki J. Caira & K. Jensen
Class	Elasmobranchii
Order	Myliobatiformes
Family	Dasyatidae
ID Notes	very spiny; black with white spots

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY)	Action	User Name
03/25/2012	Created	J. Caira, K. Jensen
12/01/2014	Modified
06/14/2015	Modified	J. Caira
10/08/2021	Modified	J. Caira

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Host Specimen Attributes

Sex	female

Maturity	mature	Freshness	fresh
PCL (cm)		Disk Length (cm)	109
Fork Length (cm)		Disk Width (cm)	105

Total Length (cm)

193

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	Yes
ND2 Sequence Data
GenBank No.
Cophylogeny Specimen	Yes

Host Notes

2 pups

Locality

Collection Date (mm/dd/yyyy)	3/19/12
Collected By	J. Caira, K. Jensen
Source of Specimen	Gravis
Collection Method	hand spear
Collection Depth (m)
Country	Solomon Islands
Ocean	Pacific Ocean
Body of Water/River	Solomon Sea
River Basin
Island(s)	Vonavona
State/Province	Western Province
City	near Rarumana
Coordinates	8°13'23.8" S, 157°0'2.4" E
Decimal Degree Latitude
Decimal Degree Longitude

Associated Parasites

Parasites	10% NBF	95% EtOH	10% NBF Picked
Valve	Yes	No
Sift	Yes	Yes
Worms	Yes	Yes	n/a
Parasite Specimens ( 6 )
Parasite Notes	leeches & isopods ex mouth (in bag) (95%EtOH); olfactory bulbs (10%NBF); valve & sift at KU (K. Herzog, Nov2014)