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: 2014

Taxonomic Heirarchy

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

      Direct Children

      Species - Potamotrygon hystrix
      Species - Potamotrygon magdalenae
      Species - Potamotrygon motoro
      Species - Potamotrygon yepezi
      Species - Potamotrygon constellata
      Species - Potamotrygon brachyura
      Species - Potamotrygon amandae
      Species - Potamotrygon limai
      Species - Potamotrygon pantanensis
      Species - Potamotrygon tatianae
      Species - Potamotrygon tigrina
      Species - Potamotrygon boesemani
      Species - Potamotrygon falkneri
      Species - Potamotrygon henlei
      Species - Potamotrygon signata
      Species - Potamotrygon humerosa
      Species - Potamotrygon leopoldi
      Species - Potamotrygon marinae
      Species - Potamotrygon ocellata
      Species - Potamotrygon schroederi
      Species - Potamotrygon schuhmacheri
      Species - Potamotrygon scobina
      Species - Potamotrygon orbignyi