Plesiotrygon iwamae Rosa, Castello & Thorson, 1987

Lima, Arthur De, Loboda, Thiago Silva, Gianeti, Michel Donato, Silva, João Paulo Capretz Batista Da & Pinna, Mario De, 2023, Type specimens of Elasmobranchii in the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo (MZUSP), Zootaxa 5296 (3), pp. 301-332 : 325

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5296.3.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:4B889879-03B7-4373-A5AF-D3B807AAEF72

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7983945

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D75087AE-FFAF-F346-DE99-DA513C0AF841

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Plesiotrygon iwamae Rosa, Castello & Thorson, 1987
status

 

Plesiotrygon iwamae Rosa, Castello & Thorson, 1987 View in CoL View at ENA

Holotype: MZUSP 10153 View Materials ; adult male, 551 mm DW (cited as 579 mm DW in Rosa et al., 1987) ( Fig. 21 View FIGURE 21 ); Lago Janauacá and surroundings, Amazonas, Brazil; depth not listed; H. Britski; 3 Oct 1981.

Notes: Specimen with tail severed, kept attached in with plastic zip lock. Location on storage tag mentions “Rio Solimıes, above Rio Tefé”, thus the type-locality is possibly incorrect.

Paratype: MZUSP 14789 View Materials ; one juvenile male, 205 mm DW (approximately the same DW as cited in Rosa et al., 1987); Lago Janauacá and surroundings, Amazonas, Brazil; depth not listed; Alpha Helix Amazon Expedition; Jan 1977 /

Notes: Eyes removed. Skin removed in some portions. Tail broken. Location on storage tag mentions “Rio Solimıes”.

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