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 - Carapinae
  Family - Carapidae
  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 - Echiodon dentatus
      Species - Echiodon drummondii
      Species - Echiodon exsilium
      Species - Echiodon dawsoni
      Species - Echiodon coheni
      Species - Echiodon cryomargarites
      Species - Echiodon neotes
      Species - Echiodon pegasus
      Species - Echiodon pukaki
      Species - Echiodon rendahli