Animal Diversity Web

Parascyllium ferrugineum

Rusty carpet shark

(Also: Spotted shark; Tasmanian carpet 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 Orectolobiformes
        
        Family Parascylliidae (Collared carpet sharks)
        
        Genus Parascyllium
        
        Species Parascyllium ferrugineum (Rusty carpet shark)