Taxonomy Profile: Acipenseridae

Acipenseridae: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Family
Synonym(s):
Common Name(s):
sturgeons []
esturgeons []
esturiones []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Acipenseridae: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Actinopterygii
ray-finned fishes |
spiny rayed fishes |
poisson épineux |
poissons à nageoires rayonnées |
Class : Chondrostei
paddlefishes |
sturgeons |
Order : Acipenseriformes
sturgeons |
spoonfishes |
paddlefishes |
Suborder : Acipenseroidei
Family : Acipenseridae
sturgeons |
esturgeons |
esturiones |
Acipenseridae Direct Children(s):
Acipenseridae: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Wayne C. Starnes
Notes:
Research Curator of Fishes, North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences, Research Laboratory, 4301 Reedy Creek Rd., Raleigh, NC, 27607, USA
Reference for:
Acipenseridae
Source(s):
Source:
NODC Taxonomic Code
Acquired:
1996-07-29
Notes:
Reference for:
Acipenseridae
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Nelson, Joseph S.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1994-01-01 / 1994-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Fishes of the World, Third Edition
Page(s):
xvii + 600
Publisher:
John Wiley and Sons
Publication Place:
New York, New York, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-471-54713-1/
Notes:
Reference for:
Acipenseridae
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2003-12-31 / 2003-12-31
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada
Page(s):
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/
Notes:
As-yet (2003) unpublished manuscript from 1998
Reference for:
Acipenseridae
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Musick, John A. / Collette, Bruce B., and Grace Klein-MacPhee, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2002-01-01 / 2002-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Sturgeons: Order Acipenseriformes
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Bigelow and Schroeder's Fishes of the Gulf of Maine, Third Edition
Page(s):
83-88
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, DC, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-56098-951-3/
Notes:
Reference for:
Acipenseridae
Acipenseridae: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Acipenseridae: Comments