Its the scientific name for the Stingray
Dasyatis pastinaca
Superregnum: EukaryotaRegnum: AnimaliaSubregnum: EumetazoaSuperphylum: DeuterostomiaPhylum: ChordataSubphylum: VertebrataInfraphylum: GnathostomataClassis: ChondrichthyesSubclassis: ElasmobranchiiSuperordo: RajomorphiiOrdo: RajiformesSuperfamilia: DasyatoideaFamilia: DasyatidaeGenera: Dasyatis - Himantura - Makararaja - Pastinachus - Pteroplatytrygon - Taeniura - Urogymnus And what does all of this mean? Every living thing is classified by a binomial naming system that has seven level: Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species (and certain sub and supra levels as needed) . What we have up here is the binomial path that leads down to the Stingrays. To name a particular stingray you now have to decide which Genus it is that you want and then get yourself a list of species that belong to the Genus. To get the name of a particular species you have to have a Genus and species.
Dasyatis acutirostra was created in 1988.
Scientific name: Dasyatis laosensisRussian name: Пресноводный скат меконгскийEnglish name: Mekong freshwater stingray
Dasyatis say
Scientific name: Dasyatis imbricatus,Russian name: Скат черепитчатый,English name: Imbricated sting ray
Dasyatis americana.
Scientific name: Dasyatis laosensis,French name: Raie dulcicole du Mékong,English name: Mekong freshwater stingray
The scientific or taxonomic name would be Pastinaca sativa.
Yes, the blue stingray (Dasyatis Chrysonota) is very good with being handled by humans.
According to Marinebio.org: "Southern stingrays can be found in the western Atlantic from as far north as the coast of New Jersey, around the northern Gulf of Mexico and south to southern Brazil." This means that they do not venture as far south as the Southern Ocean which surrounds the Antarctic continent. Antarctica is a continent: stingrays are marine animals.
Pastinaca sativa is commonly called the parsnip. It is related to the carrot and parsley and has a lovely parsley-like fragrance. The root is long and the crown has wide leaflets. It is native to Eurasia and has been used since antiquity and cultivated by the Romans.