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: 2005

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Platycephalidae
  Suborder - Platycephaloidei
  Order - Scorpaeniformes
  Superorder - Acanthopterygii
  Class - Teleostei
  Superclass - Actinopterygii
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Thysanophrys armata
      Species - Thysanophrys celebica
      Species - Thysanophrys chiltonae
      Species - Thysanophrys cirronasa
      Species - Thysanophrys longirostris
      Species - Thysanophrys papillaris