asterias, Urolophus Jordan [D. S.] & Gilbert [C. H.] 1883:579 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 5 (no. 327) (for 25 Apr. 1883); ref. 10615] Mazatlán, Sinaloa, western Mexico. Syntypes: USNM 28204 (1), 29524 (1, lost), 29542 (1), 29580 (1), 29318 (1, lost). •Synonym of Urolophus munda (Gill 1863) -- (Castro-Aguirre & Espinosa Pérez 1996:50 [ref. 22793]). •Synonym of Urotrygon munda Gill 1863 -- (Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:68 [ref. 24550], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:126 [ref. 34398]). •Valid as Urotrygon asterias (Jordan & Gilbert 1883) -- (Hiyama in Kumada 1937:22 [ref. 39147], Castro-Aguirre 1965:228 [ref. 41098], Miyake & McEachran 1986:300 [ref. 6153], Nishida 1990:92 [ref. 19783], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:69 [ref. 24555], Last & Yearsley 2016:7 [ref. 34940] with question, Ehemann et al. 2024:12 [ref. 41305]). Current status: Valid as Urotrygon asterias Jordan & Gilbert 1883. Urotrygonidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Pacific coast of southern Baja California Sur (Mexico) south to Costa Rica, including Gulf of California (Mexico). Habitat: marine.
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