Animal Diversity Web

Dasyatis brevicaudata

Giant black ray

(Also: Giant stingray; New Zealand short-tail stingaree; Schreiners ray; Short-tail stingray)

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 Dasyatidae (Stingrays)
        
        Genus Dasyatis
        
        Species Dasyatis brevicaudata (Giant black ray)