ADW: Etmopterus: 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 Squaliformes
        
        Family Etmopteridae (Lantern sharks)
        
        Genus Etmopterus
        
        Species Etmopterus baxteri (Lanternshark)
        
        Species Etmopterus bigelowi (Blurred lantern shark)
        
        Species Etmopterus brachyurus (Short-tail lantern shark)
        
        Species Etmopterus bullisi (Lined lantern shark)
        
        Species Etmopterus burgessi
        
        Species Etmopterus carteri (Cylindrical lantern shark)
        
        Species Etmopterus caudistigmus
        
        Species Etmopterus compagnoi (Brown lantern shark)
        
        Species Etmopterus decacuspidatus (Combtooth lantern shark)
        
        Species Etmopterus dianthus (Pink lanternshark)
        
        Species Etmopterus dislineatus (Lined lanternshark)
        
        Species Etmopterus evansi (Blackmouth lanternshark)
        
        Species Etmopterus fusus (Pygmy lanternshark)
        
        Species Etmopterus gracilispinis (Broadband dogfish)
        
        Species Etmopterus granulosus (Black shark)
        
        Species Etmopterus hillianus (Blackbelly Dogfish)
        
        Species Etmopterus litvinovi (Smalleye lantern shark)
        
        Species Etmopterus lucifer (Blackbelly lantern shark)
        
        Species Etmopterus molleri (Blackbelly lanternshark)
        
        Species Etmopterus perryi (Dwarf lantern shark)
        
        Species Etmopterus polli (African lantern shark)
        
        Species Etmopterus princeps (Great lantern shark)
        
        Species Etmopterus pseudosqualiolus
        
        Species Etmopterus pusillus (Slender lantern shark)
        
        Species Etmopterus pycnolepis (Dense-scale lantern shark)
        
        Species Etmopterus robinsi
        
        Species Etmopterus schultzi (Fringefin lantern shark)
        
        Species Etmopterus sentosus (Thorny lantern shark)
        
        Species Etmopterus spinax (Black centrina)
        
        Species Etmopterus splendidus (Splendid lantern shark)
        
        Species Etmopterus tasmaniensis
        
        Species Etmopterus unicolor (Brown lantern shark)
        
        Species Etmopterus villosus (Hawaiian lantern shark)
        
        Species Etmopterus virens (Green lantern 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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