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 - Himantolophidae
  Superfamily - Ceratioidea
  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 - Himantolophus groenlandicus
      Species - Himantolophus albinares
      Species - Himantolophus mauli
      Species - Himantolophus melanolophus
      Species - Himantolophus multifurcatus
      Species - Himantolophus paucifilosus
      Species - Himantolophus appelii
      Species - Himantolophus azurlucens
      Species - Himantolophus borealis
      Species - Himantolophus brevirostris
      Species - Himantolophus compressus
      Species - Himantolophus cornifer
      Species - Himantolophus crinitus
      Species - Himantolophus danae
      Species - Himantolophus macroceras
      Species - Himantolophus macroceratoides
      Species - Himantolophus nigricornis
      Species - Himantolophus pseudalbinares
      Species - Himantolophus sagamius