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: 2015

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Poecilopsettidae
  Suborder - Pleuronectoidei
  Order - Pleuronectiformes
  Superorder - Acanthopterygii
  Class - Teleostei
  Superclass - Actinopterygii
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Poecilopsetta beanii
      Species - Poecilopsetta inermis
      Species - Poecilopsetta hawaiiensis
      Species - Poecilopsetta colorata
      Species - Poecilopsetta natalensis
      Species - Poecilopsetta praelonga
      Species - Poecilopsetta albomaculata
      Species - Poecilopsetta plinthus
      Species - Poecilopsetta zanzibarensis
      Species - Poecilopsetta normani
      Species - Poecilopsetta vaynei
      Species - Poecilopsetta macrocephala
      Species - Poecilopsetta dorsialta
      Species - Poecilopsetta pectoralis
      Species - Poecilopsetta multiradiata