Manta (genus)
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This article is about the animal. For things named after it, see Manta (disambiguation) and Devil ray (disambiguation).
| Manta ray Temporal range: 23–0 Ma[1] Early Miocene to Present |
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| Manta ray at Hin Daeng, Thailand | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Myliobatiformes |
| Family: | Myliobatidae |
| Genus: | Manta Bancroft, 1829 |
Manta is a small genus of pelagic rays in the family Myliobatidae. It currently consists of two recognized species.
[edit] Species
- Manta alfredi (J. L. G. Krefft, 1868) (Alfred manta)
- Manta birostris (Walbaum, 1792) (Giant manta)
[edit] References
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). Species of Manta in FishBase. February 2011 version.
- ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Chondrichthyes entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: 560. http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=575&rank=class. Retrieved 2008-01-09.
