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

      Direct Children

      Species - Rajella purpuriventralis
      Species - Rajella bathyphila
      Species - Rajella fuliginea
      Species - Rajella fyllae
      Species - Rajella annandalei
      Species - Rajella caudaspinosa
      Species - Rajella leopardus
      Species - Rajella barnardi
      Species - Rajella nigerrima
      Species - Rajella dissimilis
      Species - Rajella ravidula
      Species - Rajella sadowskii
      Species - Rajella bigelowi
      Species - Rajella kukujevi