Animal Diversity Web

Manta birostris

Atlantic manta

(Also: Blanketfish; Giant Manta; Sea devil)

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 Myliobatidae (Eagle and manta rays)
        
        Genus Manta
        
        Species Manta birostris (Atlantic manta)