Phylogeny of the manta and devilrays (Chondrichthyes: obulidae), with an updated taxonomic arrangement for the family Author White, William T Author Corrigan, Shannon Author Yang, Lei Author Henderson, Aaron C Author Bazinet, Adam L Author Swofford, David L Author Naylor, Gavin J P text Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 2018 2018-01-31 182 1 50 75 http://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/182/1/50/3886052 journal article 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx018 0024-4082 14812581 Squalus edentulus Brünnich, 1768: 6 (Marseille, France ) Raia mobular Bonnaterre, 1788: 5 (Marseille, France ) Raja vespertilio Walbaum, 1792: 535 (Azores, northeastern Atlantic) Aodon cornu Lacepède, 1798 (unneeded new name for S. edentulus Brünnich, 1768 ) Raia aurita Suckow, 1799: 78 Raja fabroniana Lacepède, 1800: 104 , 111, pl. 5 (figs 1, 2) ( Livourne , Italy ; holotype MZUF probably lost) Raja cephaloptera Bloch & Schneider, 1801: 365 (no locality; holotype ZMB 13407 , skull) Raja giorna Lacepède, 1803: 662 , 666, pl. 20 (fig. 3) (Bay of Nice, France ) Raja diabolus Shaw, 1804: 291 (Mediterranean, Atlantic and Indian seas) Mobula auriculata Rafinesque, 1810: 48 , 61 Apterurus fabroni Rafinesque, 1810: 48 (unjustified emendation of Raja fabroniana Lacepède, 1800 ) Cephalopterus massena Risso, 1810: 15 (Nice, France ) ? Raia cornuta Lesueur, 1824: 120 (based on Azores records, not from US Atlantic coast) Cephaloptera japanica Müller & Henle, 1841: 185 ( Nagasaki , Japan ; lectotype RMNH D 2440 ; paralectotype RMNH, lost) Cephaloptera edentula Griffini, 1903: 132 , fig. 73 (Italian seas) Mobula rancureli Cadenat, 1959: 1331 , figs 1–10 ( Ivory Coast ; holotype MNHN 1965-0146 )