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Hemitrygon

Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae

Taxonomy
Hemitrygon was named by Müller and Henle (1837). It is extant.

It was assigned to Dasyatidae by Jordan (1963); and to Dasyatinae by Last et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1837Hemitrygon Müller and Henle p. 190
1963Hemitrygon Jordan p. 604
2016Hemitrygon Last et al. p. 355

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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
genusHemitrygonMüller and Henle 1837

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.

G. Hemitrygon Müller and Henle 1837
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-21 07:05:51
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:05:51
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available