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

  Subfamily - Merlucciinae
  Family - Merlucciidae
  Order - Gadiformes
  Superorder - Paracanthopterygii
  Class - Teleostei
  Superclass - Actinopterygii
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Merluccius bilinearis
      Species - Merluccius productus
      Species - Merluccius albidus
      Species - Merluccius merluccius
      Species - Merluccius paradoxus
      Species - Merluccius australis
      Species - Merluccius capensis
      Species - Merluccius gayi
      Species - Merluccius hubbsi
      Species - Merluccius angustimanus
      Species - Merluccius polli
      Species - Merluccius senegalensis
      Species - Merluccius hernandezi
      Species - Merluccius guttatus
      Species - Merluccius patagonicus