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 - Neobythitinae
  Family - Ophidiidae
  Suborder - Ophidioidei
  Order - Ophidiiformes
  Superorder - Paracanthopterygii
  Class - Teleostei
  Superclass - Actinopterygii
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Glyptophidium argenteum
      Species - Glyptophidium lucidum
      Species - Glyptophidium macropus
      Species - Glyptophidium oceanium
      Species - Glyptophidium effulgens
      Species - Glyptophidium japonicum
      Species - Glyptophidium longipes