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Dasyatis hastata (DeKay, 1842)

Description

Common Names

  • Whip sting-ray , English , USA
  • Västar-astelrai , Estonian , Estonia

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Elasmobranchii

    Order: Myliobatiformes

    Family: Dasyatidae

    Genus: Dasyatis

    Species: Dasyatis hastata (DeKay, 1842)

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

    Biology

    A coastal species, occasionally entering lagoons, shallow bays and estuaries (Ref. 81259). Ovoviviparous (Ref. 50449).

    Habitat

    brackish