NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: partial
Latest Record Review: 2001

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Anguidae
  Suborder - Autarchoglossa
  Order - Squamata
  Class - Reptilia
  Superclass - Tetrapoda
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Mesaspis antauges
      Species - Mesaspis gadovii
      Species - Mesaspis juarezi
      Species - Mesaspis moreleti
      Species - Mesaspis viridiflava