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: 2004

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Tribe - Sphagebranchini
  Subfamily - Ophichthinae
  Family - Ophichthidae
  Suborder - Congroidei
  Order - Anguilliformes
  Superorder - Elopomorpha
  Class - Teleostei
  Superclass - Actinopterygii
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Yirrkala lumbricoides
      Species - Yirrkala maculata
      Species - Yirrkala chaselingi
      Species - Yirrkala fusca
      Species - Yirrkala gjellerupi
      Species - Yirrkala insolitus
      Species - Yirrkala kaupii
      Species - Yirrkala macrodon
      Species - Yirrkala misolensis
      Species - Yirrkala moluccensis
      Species - Yirrkala tenuis