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: 2004

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Subfamily - Acipenserinae
  Family - Acipenseridae
  Suborder - Acipenseroidei
  Order - Acipenseriformes
  Class - Chondrostei
  Superclass - Actinopterygii
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Acipenser baerii
      Species - Acipenser medirostris
      Species - Acipenser transmontanus
      Species - Acipenser brevirostrum
      Species - Acipenser fulvescens
      Species - Acipenser sturio
      Species - Acipenser gueldenstaedtii
      Species - Acipenser naccarii
      Species - Acipenser nudiventris
      Species - Acipenser stellatus
      Species - Acipenser ruthenus
      Species - Acipenser albertensis
      Species - Acipenser dabryanus
      Species - Acipenser ornatus
      Species - Acipenser persicus
      Species - Acipenser schrenckii
      Species - Acipenser sinensis
      Species - Acipenser toliapicus
      Species - Acipenser oxyrinchus
      Species - Acipenser multiscutatus
      Species - Acipenser kikuchii