Animal Diversity Web

Brochiraja asperula

Prickly deepsea skate

(Also: Smooth deep-sea skate)

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 Rajidae (Skates)
        
        Genus Brochiraja
        
        Species Brochiraja asperula (Prickly deepsea skate)