WoRMS name details
Manta pakota Whitley, 1936
712975 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:712975)
unaccepted
Species
Manta Bancroft, 1829 accepted as Mobula Rafinesque, 1810
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Whitley, G. P. (1936). The Australian devil ray, Daemomanta alfredi (Krefft), with remarks on the superfamily Mobuloidea (order Batoidei). <em>Australian Zoologist.</em> 8(3): 164-188., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38709783#page/204/mode/1up [details]
(of Manta pakoka Whitley, 1936) Whitley, G. P. (1936). The Australian devil ray, Daemomanta alfredi (Krefft), with remarks on the superfamily Mobuloidea (order Batoidei). <em>Australian Zoologist.</em> 8(3): 164-188., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38709783#page/204/mode/1up [details]
(of Manta pakoka Whitley, 1936) Whitley, G. P. (1936). The Australian devil ray, Daemomanta alfredi (Krefft), with remarks on the superfamily Mobuloidea (order Batoidei). <em>Australian Zoologist.</em> 8(3): 164-188., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38709783#page/204/mode/1up [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Manta pakota Whitley, 1936. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=712975 on 2026-08-03
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Nomenclature
original description
Whitley, G. P. (1936). The Australian devil ray, Daemomanta alfredi (Krefft), with remarks on the superfamily Mobuloidea (order Batoidei). <em>Australian Zoologist.</em> 8(3): 164-188., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38709783#page/204/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Manta pakoka Whitley, 1936) Whitley, G. P. (1936). The Australian devil ray, Daemomanta alfredi (Krefft), with remarks on the superfamily Mobuloidea (order Batoidei). <em>Australian Zoologist.</em> 8(3): 164-188., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38709783#page/204/mode/1up [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Manta pakoka Whitley, 1936) Whitley, G. P. (1936). The Australian devil ray, Daemomanta alfredi (Krefft), with remarks on the superfamily Mobuloidea (order Batoidei). <em>Australian Zoologist.</em> 8(3): 164-188., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38709783#page/204/mode/1up [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
