ADW: Torpedo: 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 Torpediniformes
        
        Family Torpedinidae (Electric rays)
        
        Genus Torpedo
        
        Species Torpedo adenensis
        
        Species Torpedo alexandrinsis (Alexandrine torpedo)
        
        Species Torpedo andersoni (Florida torpedo)
        
        Species Torpedo bauchotae (Rosette torpedo)
        
        Species Torpedo californica (Electric ray)
        
        Species Torpedo fairchildi (Electric ray)
        
        Species Torpedo formosa (Taiwan torpedo ray)
        
        Species Torpedo fuscomaculata (Black-spotted torpedo)
        
        Species Torpedo mackayana (Ringed torpedo)
        
        Species Torpedo macneilli (Australian torpedo)
        
        Species Torpedo marmorata (Common crampfish)
        
        Species Torpedo microdiscus (Smalldisk torpedo)
        
        Species Torpedo nobiliana (Atlantic New British torpedo)
        
        Species Torpedo panthera (Leopard torpedo)
        
        Species Torpedo peruana (Electric ray)
        
        Species Torpedo puelcha (Argentine torpedo)
        
        Species Torpedo semipelagica (Semipelagic torpedo)
        
        Species Torpedo sinuspersici (Gulf torpedo)
        
        Species Torpedo suessii
        
        Species Torpedo tokionis (Trapezoid torpedo)
        
        Species Torpedo torpedo (Common torpedo)
        
        Species Torpedo tremens (Chilean torpedo)

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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