Animal Diversity Web

Gymnura altavela

Giant butterfly ray

(Also: Spiny butterfly ray)

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 Gymnuridae (Butterfly rays)
        
        Genus Gymnura
        
        Species Gymnura altavela (Giant butterfly ray)