Manta birostris

(Walbaum, 1792)

Giant manta
Classification: Elasmobranchii Myliobatiformes Mobulidae

Reference of the original description

Walbaum, J.J. (1792)
Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium. In quibus systema totum ichthyologiae proponitur cum classibus, ordinibus, generum characteribus, specierum differentiis, observationibus plurimis. Redactis speciebus 242 ad genera 52. Ichthyologiae pars III. Ant. Ferdin. Rose, Grypeswaldiae [Greifswald].

Types
Manta birostris
XXXX: No types known;

Description :

Citation: Manta birostris (Walbaum, 1792): In: Database of modern sharks, rays and chimaeras, www.shark-references.com, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 11/2024

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Parasites (arranged by Jürgen Pollerspöck)
Copepoda

Anthosoma crassum (Abildgaard, 1794) [15305]
Entepherus laminipes Bere, 1936 [15950] [15305]
Eudactylina diabolophila Deets, 1994 (nomen nudum) [17867]