Atlantic manta - Manta birostris
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
| Scientific Name |
Manta birostris |
| Author |
(Walbaum, 1792) |
| Taxonomic Rank |
Species |
| Taxonomic # |
160992 |
| Common Names |
Spanish: manta gigante
English: giant manta
English: Atlantic manta
English: manta
English: Pacific manta
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| Current Standing |
valid |
| Taxonomic Parents |
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Superorder: Euselachii
Order: Myliobatiformes
Family: Mobulidae
Genus: Manta
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| Synonyms (since 1950) |
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Taxonomic data is courtesy of the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
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| ITIS TSN | 160992 |
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Status - ESA, U.S. FWS
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| T () |
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Status - Red List, IUCN
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| - |
| #records (spatial) | 3,277 |
| #records (non-spatial) | 0 |
| #datasets | 83 |
| Year | 1979 - 2021 |
| Latitude | -24.65 - 43.37 |
| Longitude | -179.48 - 167.95 |
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