Animal Diversity Web

Chlamydoselachus anguineus

Frill shark

(Also: Frilled shark; Greenland shark; Scaffold shark; Silk shark)

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 Hexanchiformes
        
        Family Chlamydoselachidae (Frilled sharks)
        
        Genus Chlamydoselachus
        
        Species Chlamydoselachus anguineus (Frill shark)