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

      Direct Children

      Species - Hymenocephalus italicus
      Species - Hymenocephalus aterrimus
      Species - Hymenocephalus billsam
      Species - Hymenocephalus gracilis
      Species - Hymenocephalus antraeus
      Species - Hymenocephalus striatulus
      Species - Hymenocephalus tenuis
      Species - Hymenocephalus adelscotti
      Species - Hymenocephalus barbatulus
      Species - Hymenocephalus grimaldii
      Species - Hymenocephalus hachijoensis
      Species - Hymenocephalus kuronumai
      Species - Hymenocephalus lethonemus
      Species - Hymenocephalus longibarbis
      Species - Hymenocephalus longiceps
      Species - Hymenocephalus longipes
      Species - Hymenocephalus megalops
      Species - Hymenocephalus nascens
      Species - Hymenocephalus neglectissimus
      Species - Hymenocephalus nesaeae
      Species - Hymenocephalus papyraceus
      Species - Hymenocephalus semipellucidus
      Species - Hymenocephalus striatissimus