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 - Myctophinae
  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 - Protomyctophum crockeri
      Species - Protomyctophum thompsoni
      Species - Protomyctophum arcticum
      Species - Protomyctophum tenisoni
      Species - Protomyctophum subparallelum
      Species - Protomyctophum andriashevi
      Species - Protomyctophum beckeri
      Species - Protomyctophum bolini
      Species - Protomyctophum chilense
      Species - Protomyctophum choriodon
      Species - Protomyctophum gemmatum
      Species - Protomyctophum luciferum
      Species - Protomyctophum normani
      Species - Protomyctophum parallelum