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 - Samaridae
  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 - Samariscus corallinus
      Species - Samariscus triocellatus
      Species - Samariscus longimanus
      Species - Samariscus asanoi
      Species - Samariscus huysmani
      Species - Samariscus inornatus
      Species - Samariscus japonicus
      Species - Samariscus latus
      Species - Samariscus luzonensis
      Species - Samariscus macrognathus
      Species - Samariscus maculatus
      Species - Samariscus nielseni
      Species - Samariscus sunieri
      Species - Samariscus xenicus
      Species - Samariscus desoutterae
      Species - Samariscus filipectoralis
      Species - Samariscus neocaledonia
      Species - Samariscus leopardus
      Species - Samariscus multiradiatus