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Myliobatiformes  
Taxonomic Serial No.: 649685

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Order  
  Synonym(s): Dasyatoidea
 
    Myliobatoidea
 
    Myliobatoidei
 
    Plesiobatoidea
 
  Common Name(s): stingrays [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial    
  Latest Record Review: 2004    
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  -- Animal, animals, animaux  
    PhylumChordata  -- chordates, cordado, cordés  
       SubphylumVertebrata  -- vertebrado, vertebrates, vertébrés  
          ClassChondrichthyes  -- cartilaginous fishes, condrictes, peixe cartilaginoso, poissons cartilagineux, raies, rays, requins, sharks, tubarăo  
             SubclassElasmobranchii  -- cartilaginous fishes, rays, sharks, skates, torpedoes  
                SuperorderEuselachii   
                   OrderMyliobatiformes  -- stingrays  
    Direct Children:  
                      Family Dasyatidae Jordan, 1888 -- pastenagues, rayas látigo, stingrays, whip-tail stingrays, whiprays, whiptail stingrays 
                      Family Gymnuridae Fowler, 1934 -- butterfly rays, raies-papillons, rayas mariposa 
                      Family Hexatrygonidae Heemstra and Smith, 1980 -- sixgill stingrays 
                      Family Mobulidae Gill, 1893 -- devil rays, mantas, mantas, mantes 
                      Family Myliobatidae Bonaparte, 1838 -- águilas marinas, aigles de mer, eagle rays 
                      Family Plesiobatidae Nishida, 1990 -- deepwater stingrays, giant stingarees 
                      Family Potamotrygonidae Garman, 1877 -- river stingrays 
                      Family Rhinopteridae Jordan and Evermann, 1896 -- cow-nose rays, cownose rays, mourines, rayas gavilán 
                      Family Urolophidae Müller and Henle, 1841 -- pastenagues ŕ queue charnue, rayas redondas, round stingrays, stingarees 
       

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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Compagno, Leonard J. V. / Hamlett, William C., ed.  
  Publication Date: 1999   
  Article/Chapter Title: Checklist of Living Elasmobranchs   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Sharks, Skates, and Rays: The Biology of Elasmobranch Fishes   
  Page(s): 471-498   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-6048-2   
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  Reference for: Myliobatiformes   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: Compagno (1999) treats Myliobatoidei of Nelson (1994) as an separate order (Myliobatiformes)  
 

 

    

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