Taxonomy Profile: Scolecenchelys (Ogilby 1897)

Scolecenchelys: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Genus
Synonym(s):
Aotea
Phillipps 1926
Common Name(s):
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Scolecenchelys: 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 : Teleostei
Superorder : Elopomorpha
Order : Anguilliformes
eels |
anguilles |
Suborder : Congroidei
Family : Ophichthidae
worm eels |
snake eels |
serpents de mer |
tiesos |
Subfamily : Myrophinae
worm eels |
Tribe : Myrophini
Scolecenchelys Direct Children(s):
Scolecenchelys acutirostris
(Weber and de Beaufort 1916)
Scolecenchelys chilensis
(McCosker 1970)
Scolecenchelys cookei
(Fowler 1928)
Scolecenchelys gymnota
(Bleeker 1857)
Scolecenchelys iredalei
(Whitley 1927)
Scolecenchelys xorae
(Smith 1958)
Scolecenchelys australis
(Macleay 1881)
Scolecenchelys breviceps
(Günther 1876)
Scolecenchelys borealis
(Machida and Shiogaki 1990)
Scolecenchelys erythraeensis
(Bauchot and Maugé 1980)
Scolecenchelys japonica
(Machida and Ohta 1993)
Scolecenchelys okamurai
(Machida and Ohta 1996)
Scolecenchelys profundorum
(McCosker and Parin 1995)
Scolecenchelys puhioilo
(McCosker 1979)
Scolecenchelys tasmaniensis
(McCulloch 1911)
Scolecenchelys: References
Expert(s):
Source(s):
Source:
Catalog of Fishes, 13-May-2004
Acquired:
2004-05-13
Notes:
http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/
Reference for:
Scolecenchelys
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Castle, P. H. J., and John E. McCosker
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1999-01-01 / 1999-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
A New Genus and Two New Species of Myrophine Worm-eels, with Comments on Muraenichthys and Scolecenchelys (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae)
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Records of the Australian Museum, vol. 51, no 2
Page(s):
113-122
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/0067-1975
Notes:
Reference for:
Scolecenchelys
Scolecenchelys: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Scolecenchelys: Comments
Comment:
Scolecenchelys was formerly a synonym of Muraenichthys. Its tentative parent is the tribe Myrophini