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Blue-Spotted Stingray


Welcome to the Blue-Spotted Stingray page!  The scientific name of this beautiful creature is Taeniura lymma.  For more interesting facts about this ray, take some time to browse this site!
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Classification of the Blue-Spotted Stingray

Domain Eukarya Contains a nucleus, membrane-bound organelles, large cells, linear DNA, larger and more complex ribosomes
Kingdom Animalia Heterotrophic, multi-cellular, motile, and lacks a cell wall
Phylum Chordata Vertebrate with notochord, nerve cord, and visceral clefts and arches
Class Chondrichthyes Cartilaginous fish; Sharks, skates, and rays
Order Rajiformes Skates and rays; "raja" meaning ray and "forma" meaning shape
Family Dasyatidae Stingrays and Whiptail rays
Genus Taeniura All marine stingrays
Species Taeniura lymma Blue-Spotted Stingray


 

Phylogenetic Tree

Created by me using Paint


 

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If you have comments, questions, or corrections, please contact me, Alyssa Korsch, at korsch.alys@students.uwlax.edu.

This page was last updated on April 26, 2007.