Animal Diversity Web

Orectolobidae

Carpet or nurse sharks

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 Orectolobiformes
        
        Family Orectolobidae (Carpet or nurse sharks)
        
        Genus Eucrossorhinus
        
        Genus Orectolobus
        
        Genus Sutorectus