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

      Direct Children

      Species - Squatina californica
      Species - Squatina dumeril
      Species - Squatina squatina
      Species - Squatina aculeata
      Species - Squatina oculata
      Species - Squatina africana
      Species - Squatina argentina
      Species - Squatina australis
      Species - Squatina formosa
      Species - Squatina japonica
      Species - Squatina nebulosa
      Species - Squatina tergocellata
      Species - Squatina tergocellatoides