Bathytoshia

Bathytoshia
B. lata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Myliobatiformes
Family: Dasyatidae
Genus: Bathytoshia
Whitley, 1933
Type species
Dasyatis thetidis
Ogilby, 1899

Bathytoshia is a genus of stingrays in the family Dasyatidae. It was formerly regarded as a junior synonym of the genus Dasyatis.[1]

Species

Molecular phylogenetic data indicate that several previously recognized Dasyatis species are in fact populations of wider-ranging Bathytoshia species.

References

  1. Last, P.R.; Naylor, G.J.; Manjaji-Matsumoto, B.M. (2016). "A revised classification of the family Dasyatidae (Chondrichthyes: Myliobatiformes) based on new morphological and molecular insights". Zootaxa. 4139 (3): 345–368. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4139.3.2.
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