NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: complete
Latest Record Review: 2003

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Chimaeridae
  Suborder - Chimaeroidei
  Order - Chimaeriformes
  Subclass - Holocephali
  Class - Chondrichthyes
  Superclass - Chondrichthyes
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Chimaera cubana
      Species - Chimaera monstrosa
      Species - Chimaera owstoni
      Species - Chimaera jordani
      Species - Chimaera phantasma
      Species - Chimaera pseudomonstrosa
      Species - Chimaera lignaria