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

      Direct Children

      Species - Torpedo californica
      Species - Torpedo nobiliana
      Species - Torpedo andersoni
      Species - Torpedo torpedo
      Species - Torpedo marmorata
      Species - Torpedo bauchotae
      Species - Torpedo macneilli
      Species - Torpedo fuscomaculata
      Species - Torpedo mackayana
      Species - Torpedo panthera
      Species - Torpedo sinuspersici
      Species - Torpedo tremens
      Species - Torpedo tokionis
      Species - Torpedo peruana
      Species - Torpedo adenensis