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 - Myrophini
  Subfamily - Myrophinae
  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 - Scolecenchelys godeffroyi
      Species - Scolecenchelys vermiformis
      Species - Scolecenchelys acutirostris
      Species - Scolecenchelys chilensis
      Species - Scolecenchelys cookei
      Species - Scolecenchelys gymnota
      Species - Scolecenchelys iredalei
      Species - Scolecenchelys xorae
      Species - Scolecenchelys australis
      Species - Scolecenchelys breviceps
      Species - Scolecenchelys borealis
      Species - Scolecenchelys erythraeensis
      Species - Scolecenchelys japonica
      Species - Scolecenchelys nicholsae
      Species - Scolecenchelys okamurai
      Species - Scolecenchelys profundorum
      Species - Scolecenchelys puhioilo
      Species - Scolecenchelys tasmaniensis