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 - Centrophoridae
  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 - Centrophorus granulosus
      Species - Centrophorus squamosus
      Species - Centrophorus uyato
      Species - Centrophorus lusitanicus
      Species - Centrophorus machiquensis
      Species - Centrophorus acus
      Species - Centrophorus harrissoni
      Species - Centrophorus moluccensis
      Species - Centrophorus niaukang
      Species - Centrophorus tessellatus