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 - Muraeninae
  Family - Muraenidae
  Suborder - Muraenoidei
  Order - Anguilliformes
  Superorder - Elopomorpha
  Class - Teleostei
  Superclass - Actinopterygii
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Echidna catenata
      Species - Echidna leucotaenia
      Species - Echidna nebulosa
      Species - Echidna polyzona
      Species - Echidna unicolor
      Species - Echidna nocturna
      Species - Echidna peli
      Species - Echidna amblyodon
      Species - Echidna delicatula
      Species - Echidna rhodochilus
      Species - Echidna xanthospilos