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Myliobatiformes 
Taxonomic Serial No.: 649685

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

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