Size: Largest - 30 feet wing span, average 20 feet wing span. Weight: Largest - about 3000 pounds. Food: Plankton, small fish and crustaceans.? They have no teeth. Stinger: Mantas do not have a stinging spine. Babies: Born via aplacental viviparity.? This means eggs form and develop inside the mother. The babies are born live and weigh about 20 pounds. Kingdom: Animalia Kingdom: Chordata Class: Chondrichthyes Subclass: Elasmobranchii Order: Myliobatiformes Family: Mobulidae Genus: Manta Species: Manta birostris (Walbaum, 1792)
Size: Largest - 30 feet wing span, average 20 feet wing span. Weight: Largest - about 3000 pounds. Food: Plankton, small fish and crustaceans.? They have no teeth. Stinger: Mantas do not have a stinging spine. Babies: Born via aplacental viviparity.? This means eggs form and develop inside the mother. The babies are born live and weigh about 20 pounds. Kingdom: Animalia Kingdom: Chordata Class: Chondrichthyes Subclass: Elasmobranchii Order: Myliobatiformes Family: Mobulidae Genus: Manta Species: Manta birostris (Walbaum, 1792)