NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: complete
Latest Record Review: 2003

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Triakidae
  Order - Carcharhiniformes
  Superorder - Euselachii
  Subclass - Elasmobranchii
  Class - Chondrichthyes
  Superclass - Chondrichthyes
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Mustelus canis
      Species - Mustelus higmani
      Species - Mustelus norrisi
      Species - Mustelus californicus
      Species - Mustelus henlei
      Species - Mustelus lunulatus
      Species - Mustelus asterias
      Species - Mustelus mustelus
      Species - Mustelus punctulatus
      Species - Mustelus antarcticus
      Species - Mustelus dorsalis
      Species - Mustelus fasciatus
      Species - Mustelus griseus
      Species - Mustelus lenticulatus
      Species - Mustelus manazo
      Species - Mustelus mento
      Species - Mustelus mosis
      Species - Mustelus palumbes
      Species - Mustelus schmitti
      Species - Mustelus whitneyi
      Species - Mustelus minicanis
      Species - Mustelus sinusmexicanus