Life Science Identifier (LSID):

urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:a0a0a1b0-ea9c-4b88-886c-bb6fb5eb6e6a

LSIDs are persistent, location-independent,resource identifiers for uniquely naming biologically significant resources including species names, concepts, occurrences, genes or proteins, or data objects that encode information about them. To put it simply, LSIDs are a way to identify and locate pieces of biological information on the web.

Data Links

JSON

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WMS

To use WMS services, copy and paste the following GetCapabilities URL into your OGC client (e.g. uDIG, ESRI ArcGIS)
http://biocache.ala.org.au/ws/ogc/ows?q=species:Manta birostris
For higher taxa, this will give you a hierarchical listing of layers for each taxon.

RDF

To download an RDF/XML document for the concepts and names click here
A JSON view of this information is here here
A html view of this information is here here

Further details

For more details on occurrence webservices, click here
For more details on names webservices, click here

Species presence

Recorded In Australia

Marine Habitats

Conservation status

IUCNNear Threatened

Overview
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Names
Classification
Records
Literature

Occurrence records map

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Source: Australian National Fish Collection Images
Image by: Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO
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Online resources

Australian National Fish Collection Images
- Authoritative image
Encyclopedia of Life
- Description, Video Page Url, Images
OZ Animals
Seafood Services Australia
- CAAB Code, Author

Species Lists

state listed spp (non EPBC)

Images

Names and sources

Accepted name	Source
Manta birostris	Australian Faunal Directory

Synonyms

Synonyms	Source
Raja birostris Walbum, 1792	Australian Faunal Directory
Published in: Walbaum, J.J. 1792. Petri Artedi renovati. Part 3. Petri Artedi sueci genera Piscium in quibus systema totum ichthyologiae. Grypeswaldiae 723 pp. 3 pls
Cephalopterus manta Bancroft, 1829	Australian Faunal Directory
Published in: Bancroft, E.N. 1829. On the fish known in Jamaica as the sea devil (Cephalopholis manta). Zool. J. Lond. Vol. 4 pp. 444-457

Common Names

Common name	Source
Manta Ray Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist Seafood Services Australia OZ Animals Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist International Union for Conservation of Nature Australian Faunal Directory Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota
Devil Ray Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist International Union for Conservation of Nature Australian Faunal Directory
Giant Manta Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Encyclopedia of Life Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist International Union for Conservation of Nature Australian Faunal Directory
Australian Devilray Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist Australian Faunal Directory
Devilfish Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist Australian Faunal Directory
Munguna Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist Australian Faunal Directory
Prince Alfred's Ray Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Australian Faunal Directory International Union for Conservation of Nature
Atlantic Manta Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist
Blanketfish Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist
Chevron Manta Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Australian Faunal Directory
Devil Fish Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	International Union for Conservation of Nature
Eagleray Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist
Giant Atlantic Manta Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist
Giant Devil Ray Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist
Great Devil Fish Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist
Manta Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist
Oceanic Manta Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Australian Faunal Directory
Pacific Manta Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist
Pacific Manta Ray Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Australian Faunal Directory
Pelagic Manta Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Australian Faunal Directory
Prince Alfreds Ray Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist
Sea Devil Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist
Skeete Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist

Manta birostris (Walbaum, 1792)

Manta Ray

Life Science Identifier (LSID):

Data Links

JSON

WMS

RDF

Further details

Species presence

Conservation status

Compiled distribution map

Occurrence records map

Online resources

Species Lists

Images

Names and sources

Synonyms

Common Names

Working classification

Occurrence records

Charts showing breakdown of occurrence records

Name references found in the Biodiversity Heritage Library

Name references found in the TROVE - NLA