Animalia > Chordata > Elasmobranchii > Myliobatiformes > Myliobatidae > Mobula > Mobula birostris

Mobula birostris (Skeete; Sea devil; Prince Alfreds ray; Pacific manta; Munguna; Mantaray; Manta ray; Manta; Great devil fish; Giant manta; Giant devil ray; Giant Atlantic manta; Eagleray; Devil-ray; Devilfish; Devil ray; Blanketfish; Australian devilray; Atlantic manta; Devil fish)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The giant oceanic manta ray (Manta birostris) is a species of ray in the family Mobulidae, and the largest type of ray in the world. They are circumglobal and are typically found in tropical and subtropical waters, but can also be found in temperate waters.
View Wikipedia Record: Mobula birostris

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Mobula birostris

Attributes

Maximum Longevity [2]  20 years
Migration [3]  Oceanodromous
Water Biome [1]  Pelagic, Reef, Coastal
Adult Weight [2]  1.819 tons (1,650.00 kg)
Diet [1]  Carnivore
Female Maturity [2]  6 years

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Everglades and Dry Tortugas Biosphere Reserve   Florida, United States  
Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary IV 2387149 Florida, United States
Pulu Keeling National Park II 6469 Cocos (Keeling) Islands    
Ranong   Thailand      
Tsitsikamma National Park II 34343 Southern Cape, South Africa  

Prey / Diet

Euphausia pacifica (Pacific krill)[4]
Euphausia superba (Antarctic krill)[4]

Predators

Orcinus orca (Killer Whale)[4]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Anthosoma crassum[5]
Entepherus laminipes[5]
Paronatrema mantae[6]

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ 2de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 3Riede, Klaus (2004) Global Register of Migratory Species - from Global to Regional Scales. Final Report of the R&D-Projekt 808 05 081. 330 pages + CD-ROM
♦ 4Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 5Pollerspöck, J. & Straube, N. (2015), Bibliography database of living/fossil sharks, rays and chimaeras (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii, Holocephali) -Host-Parasites List/Parasite-Hosts List-, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 04/2015;
♦ 6Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0