Name - Plesiotrygon iwamae Rosa, Castello & Thorson 1987

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urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:644049 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Plesiotrygon iwamae

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Original Description Reference

• Plesiotrygon iwamae, a new genus and species of Neotropical freshwater stingray (Chondrichthyes: Potamotrygonidae). Copeia, 1987(2) 1987: 447-458. [Zoological Record Volume 124]

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Recent Publications

• Plesiotrygon iwamae, a new genus and species of Neotropical freshwater stingray (Chondrichthyes: Potamotrygonidae).
• Contributions to the study of the comparative morphology of teeth and other relevant ichthyodorulites in living supraspecific taxa of chondrichthyan fishes. Editor: M. Stehmann. Part B: Batomorphii 4b: order Rajiformes - suborder Myliobatoidei - superfamily Dasyatoidea - family Dasyatidae - subfamily Dasyatinae - genera: Taeniura, Urogymnus, Urolophoides - subfamily Potamotrygoninae - genera: Disceus, Plesiotrygon, and Potamotrygon (incl. supraspecific taxa of uncertain status and validity), family Urolophidae - genera: Trygonoptera, Urolophus and Urotrygon - superfamily Myliobatidea - family: Gymnuridae - genus: Aetoplatea.
• An unusual, dwarf new species of Neotropical freshwater stingray, Plesiotrygon nana sp., nov., from the upper and mid Amazon Basin: the second species of Plesiotrygon (Chondrichthyes: Potamotrygonidae).

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