Animal Diversity Web

Orectolobus maculatus

Common carpet shark

(Also: Carpet shark; Common catshark; Tassel shark; Wobbegong)

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 Orectolobiformes
        
        Family Orectolobidae (Carpet or nurse sharks)
        
        Genus Orectolobus
        
        Species Orectolobus maculatus (Common carpet shark)