Parasites
There are many parasites that inhibit the bluespotted stingray, this is a table of the common groups of the parasite, and the specific name of the parasite.
| Common Class | Group | Parasite |
|---|---|---|
| Tapeworms | Cestodes cephalobothriidae | Cephalobothrium longisegmentum and Tylocephalum kuhli |
| Tapeworms | Cestodes mixodigmatidae | Trygonicola macroporus |
| Tapeworms | Cestodes onchobothriidae | Acanthobothrium bengalens, Acanthobothrium confusum, Acanthobothrium herdmani, and Acanthobothrium pingtanensis |
| Tapeworms | Cestodes phyllobothriidae | Echeneibothrium trygonis, Phyllobothrium ptychocephalum, Rhinebothrium shipleyi, Scalithrium shipleyi, and Scalithrium trygonis |
| Flatworms | Monogeneans monocotylidae | Dendromonocotyle kuhlii, Heterocotyle chinensis, Monocotyle kuhlii, and Monocotyle tritestis |
| Flukes | Trematodes monocotylidae | Prosorhynchus clavatum |
| Flukes | Trematodes didymozoidae | Didymozoid larva |
| External videos | |
|---|---|
| Blue spotted stingray swimming YouTube | |
| Hand feeding a blue spotted stingrayYouTube | |
| How Whales Eat Sharks National Geographic | |
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