ADW: Raja: 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 Rajiformes
        
        Family Rajidae (Skates)
        
        Genus Raja
        
        Species Raja ackleyi (Ocellate skate)
        
        Species Raja africana (African ray)
        
        Species Raja asterias (Atlantic starry skate)
        
        Species Raja bahamensis (Bahama skate)
        
        Species Raja binoculata (Big skate)
        
        Species Raja brachyura (Blond ray)
        
        Species Raja cervigoni (Finspot ray)
        
        Species Raja chinensis
        
        Species Raja clavata (Maiden ray)
        
        Species Raja cortezensis (Cortez skate)
        
        Species Raja eglanteria (Clear-nosed brier skate)
        
        Species Raja equatorialis (Ecuatorial ray)
        
        Species Raja herwigi (Cape Verde skate)
        
        Species Raja inornata (California ray)
        
        Species Raja koreana (Korean skate)
        
        Species Raja maderensis (Madeira ray)
        
        Species Raja microocellata (Owl ray)
        
        Species Raja miraletus (Brown ray)
        
        Species Raja montagui (Homelyn ray)
        
        Species Raja polystigma (Speckled ray)
        
        Species Raja pulchra (Mottled skate)
        
        Species Raja radula (Rough ray)
        
        Species Raja rhina (Longnose skate)
        
        Species Raja rondeleti (Rondelet's ray)
        
        Species Raja rouxi
        
        Species Raja stellulata (Pacific starry skate)
        
        Species Raja straeleni (Biscuit skate)
        
        Species Raja texana (Roundel skate)
        
        Species Raja undulata (Painted ray)
        
        Species Raja velezi (Rasptail ray)

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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