Kingdom [Animalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
   Subkingdom Metazoa Haeckel, 1874 see Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758
     Division Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910 see Subkingdom Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910
       Subdivision Bilateralia
         Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
           Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates
             Superclass Pisces Linnaeus, 1758 - fishes
               Class Chondrichthyes Huxley, 1880 - cartilaginous fishes
                 Subclass Elasmobranchii Bonaparte, 1838 - shark-like fishes
                   Order Rajiformes Berg, 1940 - skates
                     Suborder Myliobatoidei Compagno, 1973
                       Family Mobulidae Gill, 1893 see Subfamily Mobulinae (Gill, 1893)
                         Genus Manta Bancroft, 1829
                           Manta birostris (Walbaum, 1792) - Atlantic manta