WoRMS taxon details
Mobula Rafinesque, 1810
AphiaID: 105756
AphiaID: 105756
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Elasmobranchii (Class) > Neoselachii (Subclass) > Batoidea (Infraclass) > Rajiformes (Order) > Myliobatidae (Family) > Mobulinae (Subfamily) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Mobulinae | |||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Apterurus Cephaloptera Cuvier (ex Duméril), 1816 (synonym) Cephalopterus Ceratobatis Dicerobatis | |||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details] from synonym: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] [view taxon] | |||||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Mobula eregoodootenkee (Bleeker, 1859) Species Mobula hypostoma (Bancroft, 1831) Species Mobula japanica (Müller & Henle, 1841) Species Mobula kuhlii (Müller & Henle, 1841) Species Mobula mobular (Bonnaterre, 1788) Species Mobula munkiana Notarbartolo-di-Sciara, 1987 Species Mobula rochebrunei (Vaillant, 1879) Species Mobula tarapacana (Philippi, 1892) Species Mobula thurstoni (Lloyd, 1908) Species Mobula auriculata Rafinesque, 1810 accepted as Mobula mobular (Bonnaterre, 1788) Species Mobula coilloti Cadenat & Rancurel, 1960 accepted as Mobula tarapacana (Philippi, 1892) Species Mobula diabolus (Shaw, 1804) accepted as Mobula mobular (Bonnaterre, 1788) Species Mobula eregoodoo (Cantor, 1849) accepted as Mobula eregoodootenkee (Bleeker, 1859) Species Mobula formosana Teng, 1962 accepted as Mobula tarapacana (Philippi, 1892) Species Mobula japonica (Müller & Henle, 1841) accepted as Mobula japanica (Müller & Henle, 1841) Species Mobula lucasana Beebe & Tee-Van, 1938 accepted as Mobula thurstoni (Lloyd, 1908) Species Mobula olfersii (Müller, 1834) accepted as Mobula hypostoma (Bancroft, 1831) Species Mobula rancureli Cadenat, 1959 accepted as Mobula japanica (Müller & Henle, 1841) Species Mobula robertsi (Boulenger, 1897) accepted as Mobula hypostoma (Bancroft, 1831) Species Mobula tarapanaca (Philippi, 1892) accepted as Mobula tarapacana (Philippi, 1892) Species Mobula tobijei (Bleeker, 1854) accepted as Myliobatis tobijei Bleeker, 1854 | |||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| Note |
Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details] | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105756 | |||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Mobula Rafinesque, 1810. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105756 on 2013-05-26 | ||||||||||||||
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