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Whip-tail Stingray

Whip-tail Stingray. Classification: Cartilaginous Fish Family- Dasyatidae Habitat: marine waters Symmetry: bilateral Cellular Organization: multicellular vertebrate with endoskeletons made of cartilage.

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Whip-tail Stingray

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  1. Whip-tail Stingray

  2. Classification: Cartilaginous Fish Family- Dasyatidae Habitat: marine waters Symmetry: bilateral Cellular Organization: multicellular vertebrate with endoskeletons made of cartilage. Reproduction: sexual; external fertilization. Most rays are ovoviviparous bearing live young in "litters" of five to ten. The female holds the embryos in the womb without a placenta. Instead, the embryos absorb nutrients from a yolk sac, and after the sac is depleted the mother provides uterine milk. Method of Obtaining Food: Feed primarily on mollusks and crustaceans.Cannot see prey. Use smell and electro-receptors to sense prey. Crushing plates in mouth break apart shells. Special Notes/Adaptations: When attacked by predators or stepped on, the barbed stinger in its tail whips up. The stinger usually breaks off in the wound and will grow back.

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