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Dasyatinae

Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae

Taxonomy
Dasyatinae was named by Jordan and Gilbert (1879). It is extant. Its type is Dasyatis.

It was assigned to Dasyatidae by Last et al. (2016), Adnet and Charpentier (2022).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1879Dasyatinae Jordan and Gilbert
2016Dasyatinae Last et al. p. 353
2022Dasyatinae Adnet and Charpentier p. 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
RankNameAuthor
Euselachii()
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderBatomorphii
orderMyliobatiformesCompagno 1973
suborderMyliobatoideiCompagno 1973
familyDasyatidaeJordan 1888
subfamilyDasyatinaeJordan and Gilbert 1879
subfamilyDasyatinaeJordan and Gilbert 1879

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subfm. Dasyatinae Jordan and Gilbert 1879
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G. Bathytoshia Whitley 1933
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Bathytoshia centroura Mitchill 1814 [roughtail stingray]
G. Dasyatis Rafinesque 1810
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Dasyatis africana Dartevelle and Casier 1959
Dasyatis borodini Case 1981
Dasyatis branisai Cappetta 1975
Dasyatis carolinensis Emmons 1858
Dasyatis cavernosa Probst 1877
Dasyatis charlisae Case 1981
Dasyatis commercensis Case and Cappetta 1997
Dasyatis concavifoveus Cvancara and Hoganson 1993
Dasyatis datasi Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
Dasyatis davisi Casier 1966
Dasyatis fallax Arambourg 1952
Dasyatis gigas Gunther 1870
Dasyatis hastata De Kay 1842
Dasyatis hexagonalis Arambourg 1952
Dasyatis jaekeli Leriche 1906
Dasyatis manuelcamposi Villafaña et al. 2025
Dasyatis margaritella Compagno and Roberts 1984
Dasyatis martini Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
Dasyatis molassicus Probst 1877
Dasyatis molinoensis Cappetta 1975
Dasyatis newegyptensis Case et al. 2001
Dasyatis northdakotaensis Hoganson et al. 2019
Dasyatis pastinaca Linnaeus 1758
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Invalid names: Dasyatis ujo Rafinesque 1810 [synonym]
Dasyatis ponsi Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
Dasyatis probsti Cappetta 1970
Dasyatis rafinesquei Kumar and Loyal 1987
Dasyatis rugosa Probst 1877
Dasyatis russelli Cappetta 1972
Dasyatis schaefferi Cappetta 1975
Dasyatis serralheiroi Cappetta 1970
Dasyatis sessaoensis Cappetta 1972
Dasyatis speetonensis Underwood et al. 1999
Dasyatis strangulata Probst 1877
Dasyatis sudrei Cappetta 1972
Dasyatis tetraedra Arambourg 1952
Dasyatis thierryi Smith 1999
Dasyatis tricuspidatus Casier 1946
Dasyatis vicaryi Loyal 1984
Invalid names: Alexandrinum Molin 1860 [synonym], Dasyatis carasuensis Aver'yanov and Udovichenko 1993 [nomen nudum], Dasyatis tochtabusiensis Aver'yanov and Udovichenko 1993 [nomen nudum], Dasybatus Klein 1775 [replaced], Heliobatis [synonym], Trygon Cuvier 1817 [synonym]
G. Hemitrygon Müller and Henle 1837
G. Hypanus Rafinesque 1818
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Hypanus americana Hildebrand and Schroeder 1928
Hypanus dipterurus Jordan and Gilbert 1880 [diamond stingray]
Hypanus heterodontus Cicimurri et al. 2025
Hypanus say Lesueur 1817
G. Pteroplatytrygon Fowler 1910
G. Taeniurops Garman 1913
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Taeniurops cavernosa Probst 1877
Taeniurops grabata Saint-Hilaire 1817 [round stingray]
Taeniurops tosii Adnet and Charpentier 2022
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available