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 - Microdesminae
  Family - Microdesmidae
  Suborder - Gobioidei
  Order - Perciformes
  Superorder - Acanthopterygii
  Class - Teleostei
  Superclass - Actinopterygii
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Microdesmus lanceolatus
      Species - Microdesmus longipinnis
      Species - Microdesmus bahianus
      Species - Microdesmus carri
      Species - Microdesmus luscus
      Species - Microdesmus aethiopicus
      Species - Microdesmus affinis
      Species - Microdesmus africanus
      Species - Microdesmus dipus
      Species - Microdesmus dorsipunctatus
      Species - Microdesmus hildebrandi
      Species - Microdesmus intermedius
      Species - Microdesmus knappi
      Species - Microdesmus multiradiatus
      Species - Microdesmus retropinnis
      Species - Microdesmus suttkusi