Its the scientific name for the Stingray
Dasyatis pastinaca
The scientific name for the stingray is Dasyatis pastinaca, also known as Trygon pastinaca. It is a cartilaginous fish characterized by its flattened body and whip-like tail with a venomous stinger.
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 first stingray species to be scientifically described was the common stingray, known as Dasyatis pastinaca, which was documented by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 work "Systema Naturae." Stingrays have a long evolutionary history, with ancestors dating back over 200 million years. They are part of the broader group of cartilaginous fish, which also includes sharks. Fossil evidence indicates that various stingray species have existed for millions of years, long before they were formally classified.
The scientific or taxonomic name would be Pastinaca sativa.
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.