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: 2012

Taxonomic Heirarchy

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

      Direct Children

      Species - Squalus acanthias
      Species - Squalus suckleyi
      Species - Squalus blainville
      Species - Squalus cubensis
      Species - Squalus mitsukurii
      Species - Squalus japonicus
      Species - Squalus megalops
      Species - Squalus acutipinnis
      Species - Squalus melanurus
      Species - Squalus rancureli
      Species - Squalus brevirostris
      Species - Squalus acutirostris
      Species - Squalus albifrons
      Species - Squalus altipinnis
      Species - Squalus bucephalus
      Species - Squalus chloroculus
      Species - Squalus crassispinus
      Species - Squalus edmundsi
      Species - Squalus formosus
      Species - Squalus grahami
      Species - Squalus griffini
      Species - Squalus hemipinnis
      Species - Squalus lalannei
      Species - Squalus montalbani
      Species - Squalus nasutus
      Species - Squalus notocaudatus
      Species - Squalus raoulensis