Morphology and phylogenetic relationships of a remarkable new genus and two new species of neotropical freshwater stingrays from the amazon basin (Chondrichthyes: Potamotrygonidae)

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 2776, 2011, Pages 13-48

  Carvalho, Marcelo R De ^a   Lovejoy, Nathan R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Heliotrygon gomesi; Heliotrygon rosai; Myliobatiformes; South America; Systematics; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

CHONDRICHTHYES; DASYATIDAE; HEXAPODA; MYLIOBATIFORMES; PARATRYGON; PLESIOTRYGON; POTAMOTRYGON; POTAMOTRYGON MOTORO; POTAMOTRYGONIDAE;

EID: 79952139365     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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