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 - Syngnathinae
  Family - Syngnathidae
  Suborder - Syngnathoidei
  Order - Gasterosteiformes
  Superorder - Acanthopterygii
  Class - Teleostei
  Superclass - Actinopterygii
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Microphis brachyurus
      Species - Microphis brevidorsalis
      Species - Microphis leiaspis
      Species - Microphis manadensis
      Species - Microphis retzii
      Species - Microphis fluviatilis
      Species - Microphis cuncalus
      Species - Microphis ocellatus
      Species - Microphis argulus
      Species - Microphis caudocarinatus
      Species - Microphis cruentus
      Species - Microphis deocata
      Species - Microphis dunckeri
      Species - Microphis insularis
      Species - Microphis jagorii
      Species - Microphis mento
      Species - Microphis pleurostictus
      Species - Microphis spinachioides