Animal Diversity Web

Apristurus laurussonii

Atlantic ghost cat shark

(Also: Cat shark; Flathead cat shark; Iceland cat shark; Madeira catshark)

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 laurussonii (Atlantic ghost cat shark)