Animal Diversity Web

Brochiraja spinifera

Prickly deep-sea skate

(Also: Spiny deepsea 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 spinifera (Prickly deep-sea skate)