Animal Diversity Web

Deania calcea

Birdbeak dogfish

(Also: Brier shark; Deepwater dogfish; Dorian Grey; Platypus 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 Squaliformes
        
        Family Centrophoridae (Gulper sharks)
        
        Genus Deania
        
        Species Deania calcea (Birdbeak dogfish)