Trygonoptera

Trygonoptera
Striped Stingaree (T. ovalis)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Myliobatiformes
Family: Urolophidae
Genus: Trygonoptera
J. P. Müller & Henle, 1841
Type species
Trygonoptera testacea
J. P. Müller & Henle, 1841

Trygonoptera is a genus of round rays endemic to the waters around Australia. Müller and Henle defined Trygonoptera in 1841.[1] It has often been considered synonymous with Urolophus, but this has been refuted by recent studies.[2] Trygonoptera can be distinguished from Urolophus in that the outer rims of its nostrils are enlarged into broad, flattened lobes; the two also differ in aspects of the skeleton.[3]

Species

There are currently six recognized species in this genus:[4]

References

  1. Müller, J. and F.G.J. Henle (183841). Systematische Beschreibung der Plagiostomen. Veit und Comp. p. 173174. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  2. Séret, B. and P.R. Last (2003). "Description of four new stingarees of the genus Urolophus (Batoidea: Urolophidae) from the Coral Sea, south-west Pacific". Cybium 27 (4): 307320.
  3. Yearsley, G.K. and P.R. Last (2006). "Urolophus kapalensis sp. nov., a new stingree (Myliobatiformes: Urolophidae) off eastern Australia". Zootaxa 1176: 4152.
  4. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Trygonoptera in FishBase. April 2013 version.
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