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: 2013

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Petromyzontidae
  Order - Petromyzontiformes
  Class - Cephalaspidomorphi
  Infraphylum - Agnatha
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Lethenteron reissneri
      Species - Lethenteron zanandreai
      Species - Lethenteron camtschaticum
      Species - Lethenteron kessleri
      Species - Lethenteron matsubarai
      Species - Lethenteron alaskense
      Species - Lethenteron ninae
      Species - Lethenteron appendix