NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: partial
Latest Record Review: 2004

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Branchiostomatidae
  Order - Amphioxiformes
  Subphylum - Cephalochordata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Branchiostoma caribaeum
      Species - Branchiostoma floridae
      Species - Branchiostoma californiense
      Species - Branchiostoma belcheri
      Species - Branchiostoma virginiae
      Species - Branchiostoma lanceolatum
      Species - Branchiostoma capense
      Species - Branchiostoma bennetti
      Species - Branchiostoma bermudae
      Species - Branchiostoma longirostrum
      Species - Branchiostoma africae
      Species - Branchiostoma arabiae
      Species - Branchiostoma elongatum
      Species - Branchiostoma gambiense
      Species - Branchiostoma indicum
      Species - Branchiostoma leonense
      Species - Branchiostoma malayanum
      Species - Branchiostoma nigeriense
      Species - Branchiostoma platae
      Species - Branchiostoma senegalense
      Species - Branchiostoma tattersalli