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

  Family - Ogcocephalidae
  Superfamily - Ogcocephalioidea
  Suborder - Ogcocephalioidei
  Order - Lophiiformes
  Superorder - Paracanthopterygii
  Class - Teleostei
  Superclass - Actinopterygii
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Dibranchus atlanticus
      Species - Dibranchus tremendus
      Species - Dibranchus spinosus
      Species - Dibranchus accinctus
      Species - Dibranchus cracens
      Species - Dibranchus discors
      Species - Dibranchus erinaceus
      Species - Dibranchus hystrix
      Species - Dibranchus japonicus
      Species - Dibranchus nudivomer
      Species - Dibranchus sparsus
      Species - Dibranchus spongiosa
      Species - Dibranchus velutinus