ADW: Apristurus: CLASSIFICATION

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Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Class Chondrichthyes (rays, sharks, and relatives)
        
        Elasmobranchii
        
        Order Carcharhiniformes
        
        Family Scyliorhinidae (Cat sharks)
        
        Genus Apristurus
        
        Species Apristurus acanutus (Flatnose cat shark)
        
        Species Apristurus albisoma
        
        Species Apristurus ampliceps
        
        Species Apristurus aphyodes
        
        Species Apristurus australis
        
        Species Apristurus brunneus (Brown cat shark)
        
        Species Apristurus bucephalus (Bighead catshark)
        
        Species Apristurus canutus (Hoary cat shark)
        
        Species Apristurus exsanguis
        
        Species Apristurus fedorovi
        
        Species Apristurus gibbosus (Humpback cat shark)
        
        Species Apristurus herklotsi (Longfin cat shark)
        
        Species Apristurus indicus (Smallbelly cat shark)
        
        Species Apristurus internatus
        
        Species Apristurus investigatoris (Broadnose cat shark)
        
        Species Apristurus japonicus (Japanese cat shark)
        
        Species Apristurus kampae (Longnose cat shark)
        
        Species Apristurus laurussonii (Atlantic ghost cat shark)
        
        Species Apristurus longicephalus (Longhead cat shark)
        
        Species Apristurus macrorhynchus (Flathead cat shark)
        
        Species Apristurus macrostomus (Broadmouth cat shark)
        
        Species Apristurus manis (Ghost cat shark)
        
        Species Apristurus melanoasper (Black roughscale catshark)
        
        Species Apristurus microps (Smalleye cat shark)
        
        Species Apristurus micropterygeus (Smalldorsal cat shark)
        
        Species Apristurus nasutus (Largenose cat shark)
        
        Species Apristurus parvipinnis (Smallfin cat shark)
        
        Species Apristurus pinguis
        
        Species Apristurus platyrhynchus (Borneo cat shark)
        
        Species Apristurus profundorum (Deep-water catshark)
        
        Species Apristurus riveri (Broadgill Catshark)
        
        Species Apristurus saldanha (Saldanha cat shark)
        
        Species Apristurus sibogae (Pale cat shark)
        
        Species Apristurus sinensis (South China cat shark)
        
        Species Apristurus spongiceps (Spongehead cat shark)
        
        Species Apristurus stenseni (Panama ghost cat shark)

Confused by a class within a class or an order within an order? Please see our brief essay.

To cite this page: Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2012. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed at http://animaldiversity.org.

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