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

  Subfamily - Lampanyctinae
  Family - Myctophidae
  Order - Myctophiformes
  Superorder - Scopelomorpha
  Class - Teleostei
  Superclass - Actinopterygii
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Lampanyctus jordani
      Species - Lampanyctus alatus
      Species - Lampanyctus festivus
      Species - Lampanyctus macropterus
      Species - Lampanyctus nobilis
      Species - Lampanyctus photonotus
      Species - Lampanyctus pusillus
      Species - Lampanyctus macdonaldi
      Species - Lampanyctus intricarius
      Species - Lampanyctus crocodilus
      Species - Lampanyctus australis
      Species - Lampanyctus iselinoides
      Species - Lampanyctus omostigma
      Species - Lampanyctus tenuiformis
      Species - Lampanyctus vadulus
      Species - Lampanyctus acanthurus
      Species - Lampanyctus bensoni
      Species - Lampanyctus gemmifer
      Species - Lampanyctus hubbsi
      Species - Lampanyctus lepidolychnus
      Species - Lampanyctus parvicauda
      Species - Lampanyctus reinhardti
      Species - Lampanyctus sibogae
      Species - Lampanyctus simulator
      Species - Lampanyctus steinbecki
      Species - Lampanyctus turneri