Animal Diversity Web

Mobula hypostoma

Devil Ray

(Also: Lesser devil ray; Manta; Manta ray; Small devilfish)

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 Mobula
        
        Species Mobula hypostoma (Devil Ray)