Mobula japanica (Muller & Henle, 1841)

NZOR Identifier: ac19f945-2045-4db6-aa4d-4d02392fbbb3

Status

Preferred Name (NZOR Concept Id 004d61dc-76ea-422f-ad47-b05ccb9c36a6)

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
subphylum
Craniata
superclass
Gnathostomata
class
Chondrichthyes
subclass
Elasmobranchii
order
Rajiformes
family
Myliobatididae
genus
Mobula
species
Mobula japanica (Muller & Henle, 1841)

Providers

Biostatus

Geo Schema
ISO Country
Geo Region
New Zealand
Environmental Context
Wild
Occurrence
Present
Origin
Indigenous
In Use
True

Scientific Name

Authority
Muller & Henle
Rank
species
Year
1841
Nomenclatural Comment
Marine
Governing Code
ICZN
Is Recombination
Yes

Taxon Concept

NZOR Concept Id
004d61dc-76ea-422f-ad47-b05ccb9c36a6
According to
NZIB (2012-) New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity Name Based Concepts
Has Parent
Mobula (In use by NZOR)
Preferred Name
Mobula japanica (Muller & Henle, 1841) (In use by NZOR) }

Taxon Concept

NZOR Concept Id
9fdf0a31-82d2-4553-b0a2-76e4193322e0
According to
Compiled by Roberts, C.D.; Paulin, C.D.; Stewart, A.L.; McPhee, R.P.; McDowall, R.M., King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicol, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, R.; Macadie, I. 24: Phylum CHORDATA: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals, Checklist of New Zealand Chordata. Living lancelets, jawless fishes, cartilaginous fishes, and bony fishes. In: New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity Volume 1.
Preferred Name
Mobula japanica (Muller & Henle, 1841) }

No subordinate taxa

Application - has vernacular

Full Name
Manta ray
Name Id
559d88ef-6659-4ffe-98de-8222bf921050
According To
Compiled by Roberts, C.D.; Paulin, C.D.; Stewart, A.L.; McPhee, R.P.; McDowall, R.M., King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicol, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, R.; Macadie, I. 24: Phylum CHORDATA: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals, Checklist of New Zealand Chordata. Living lancelets, jawless fishes, cartilaginous fishes, and bony fishes. In: New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity Volume 1.

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