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 - Platycephalus arenarius
      Species - Platycephalus bassensis
      Species - Platycephalus caeruleopunctatus
      Species - Platycephalus fuscus
      Species - Platycephalus indicus
      Species - Platycephalus laevigatus
      Species - Platycephalus marmoratus
      Species - Platycephalus speculator
      Species - Platycephalus chauliodous
      Species - Platycephalus conatus
      Species - Platycephalus cultellatus
      Species - Platycephalus endrachtensis
      Species - Platycephalus longispinis
      Species - Platycephalus micracanthus