Mobulidae
The Mobulidae are a family of rays (manta rays and devilfishes) consisting mostly of large species living in the open ocean rather than on the sea bottom.
Species
manta rays
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassElasmobranchii
- OrderMyliobatiformes
- FamilyMobulidae
Habitatmarine
De duivelsroggen (Mobulidae) vormen een familie (ITIS-indeling) of een onderfamilie (Mobulinae) van grote roggen, die net als de andere adelaarsroggen voorkomen in het open water van de oceaan in tropische en subtropische gebieden. Er is geen consensus over het aantal soorten. ITIS onderscheidt 15 soorten, terwijl de hier gepresenteerde indeling gebaseerd is op FishBase en maar 10 soorten onderscheidt.
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Article
3 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy
- Fossil record
- References
The Mobulidae are a family of rays (manta rays and devilfishes) consisting mostly of large species living in the open ocean rather than on the sea bottom.
==Taxonomy== The Mobulidae have been variously considered a subfamily of the Myliobatidae by some authors, and a distinct family nby others, but recent work favors the latter. Two genera have been traditionally recognized, Manta and Mobula, but recent DNA analysis shows that Mobula as traditionally recognized is paraphyletic to manta rays, making Manta a junior synonym of Mobula and Mobula the only extant genus of the family.