NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Subfamily

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: complete
Latest Record Review: 2004

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Muraenidae
  Suborder - Muraenoidei
  Order - Anguilliformes
  Superorder - Elopomorpha
  Class - Teleostei
  Superclass - Actinopterygii
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Genus - Echidna
      Genus - Enchelycore
      Genus - Gymnothorax
      Genus - Muraena
      Genus - Enchelynassa
      Genus - Strophidon
      Genus - Gymnomuraena
      Genus - Monopenchelys
      Genus - Rhinomuraena
      Genus - Pseudechidna
      Species - Leptocephalus erythraeus
      Species - Leptocephalus grassianus
      Species - Leptocephalus muraenoides