Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Pisces > Class Elasmobranchii > Subclass Neoselachii > Infraclass Batoidea > Order Rajiformes > Family Myliobatidae > Subfamily Mobulinae > Genus Manta

Manta birostris (Walbaum, 1792)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Manta*	Bancroft, 1829	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: Atlantic manta; giant manta; manta sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS);Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp.;PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English-United States: Manta sources: Charles Hussey

French: mante géante sources: Fishbase

German: Mantarochen sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: didžioji manta sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: manta sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: манта sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: manta sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: manta gigante; mantarraya sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: manta vatozu sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Манта sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: manta

Literature

basis of record	van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374
additional source	Collette, B.B., and G. Klein-MacPhee (eds.). 2002. Bigelow and Schroeder's Fishes of the Gulf of Maine, 3rd edition. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington and London. 748 p.
additional source	Welshman, D., S. Kohler, J. Black and L. Van Guelpen. 2003. An atlas of distributions of Canadian Atlantic fishes.
additional source	Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp.
additional source	FishBase, version december 2007
additional source	FishBase, version may 2009
additional source	McEachran, J. D. 2009. Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	FishBase, version october 2012
additional source	Florida Museum of Natural History. 2003. Ichthyology Collection Database.

Genbank

Taxonomy

FishBase
WoRMS

External Links

FishBase
Barcode of Life (12 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (104 publications)
GenBank (13 nucleotides; 12 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Bailly, N. (2014). Manta birostris (Walbaum, 1792). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2014) FishBase. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105857