ADW: Squatina: 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 Squatiniformes
        
        Family Squatinidae (Angel sharks)
        
        Genus Squatina
        
        Species Squatina aculeata (Sawback angel shark)
        
        Species Squatina africana (African angel shark)
        
        Species Squatina albipunctata
        
        Species Squatina argentina (Argentine Angel shark)
        
        Species Squatina armata (Angel shark)
        
        Species Squatina australis (Angel shark)
        
        Species Squatina californica (Angel shark)
        
        Species Squatina dumeril (Angel shark)
        
        Species Squatina formosa (Taiwan angel shark)
        
        Species Squatina guggenheim (Angular angel shark)
        
        Species Squatina heteroptera
        
        Species Squatina japonica (Change angel shark)
        
        Species Squatina legnota
        
        Species Squatina mexicana
        
        Species Squatina nebulosa (Angel ray)
        
        Species Squatina occulta (Argentine angelshark)
        
        Species Squatina oculata (Monk fish)
        
        Species Squatina pseudocellata
        
        Species Squatina punctata
        
        Species Squatina squatina (Angel)
        
        Species Squatina tergocellata (Angel shark)
        
        Species Squatina tergocellatoides (Ocellated angel shark)

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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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