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 - Gigantactinidae
  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 - Gigantactis vanhoeffeni
      Species - Gigantactis filibulbosus
      Species - Gigantactis longicirra
      Species - Gigantactis perlatus
      Species - Gigantactis gibbsi
      Species - Gigantactis gracilicauda
      Species - Gigantactis macronema
      Species - Laevoceratias liparis
      Species - Gigantactis microdontis
      Species - Gigantactis balushkini
      Species - Gigantactis elsmani
      Species - Gigantactis gargantua
      Species - Gigantactis golovani
      Species - Gigantactis herwigi
      Species - Gigantactis ios
      Species - Gigantactis kreffti
      Species - Gigantactis longicauda
      Species - Gigantactis meadi
      Species - Gigantactis microphthalmus
      Species - Gigantactis paxtoni
      Species - Gigantactis savagei
      Species - Gigantactis watermani