2024/12/30 by CAPAPE, Ch.
#Anatomy #Animal morphology #Blue stingray #Dasyatis centroura #Dasyatis pastinaca #Dasyatis tortonesei #Dasyatis violacea #Experimental data #Identification #MED #Marine #Neurons #Pelagic stingray #Roughtail stingray #Taeniura grabata #Taxonomy #Tunisia
paper · doi:10.71754/instm.bulletin.v10.1084
In this paper new data are presented on the morphology of five species of Dasyatidae from Tunisian coasts. These data only concern the anatomy of neurocranium, of the pelvic girdle and of the claspers of Dasyatis pastinaca (Linne, 1758); D. tortonesei Capape, 1977; D. centroura (Mitchill, 1815) and D. violacea (Bonaparte, 1832); and a complete redescription of Taeniura grabata (E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817). A comparative interspecific study of the neurocranium, the pelvic girdle and of the claspers results in some morphological differences not very important but which can contribute to distinguish between these Dasyatidae.