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 - Muraena retifera
      Species - Muraena robusta
      Species - Muraena helena
      Species - Muraena argus
      Species - Muraena clepsydra
      Species - Muraena lentiginosa
      Species - Muraena melanotis
      Species - Muraena pavonina
      Species - Muraena appendiculata