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: 2009

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Subfamily - Typhlonectinae
  Family - Caeciliidae
  Order - Gymnophiona
  Class - Amphibia
  Superclass - Tetrapoda
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Chthonerpeton arii
      Species - Chthonerpeton braestrupi
      Species - Chthonerpeton exile
      Species - Chthonerpeton indistinctum
      Species - Chthonerpeton noctinectes
      Species - Chthonerpeton onorei
      Species - Chthonerpeton perissodus
      Species - Chthonerpeton viviparum