ADW: Hippocampus: CLASSIFICATION

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Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
        
        Class Actinopterygii
        
        Order Syngnathiformes
        
        Family Syngnathidae (Pipefishes and seahorses)
        
        Genus Hippocampus
        
        Species Hippocampus abdominalis (Big-bellied Seahorse)
        
        Species Hippocampus alatus (Winged seahorse)
        
        Species Hippocampus algiricus (West African Seahorse)
        
        Species Hippocampus angustus (Narrow-bellied seahorse)
        
        Species Hippocampus barbouri (Barbour's seahorse)
        
        Species Hippocampus bargibanti (Bargibant's seahorse)
        
        Species Hippocampus biocellatus (False-eye seahorse)
        
        Species Hippocampus borboniensis (Réunion seahorse)
        
        Species Hippocampus breviceps (Knobby seahorse)
        
        Species Hippocampus camelopardalis (Giraffe Seahorse)
        
        Species Hippocampus capensis (Cape seahorse)
        
        Species Hippocampus colemani
        
        Species Hippocampus comes (Tiger tail seahorse)
        
        Species Hippocampus coronatus (Crowned seahorse)
        
        Species Hippocampus curvicuspis (New Caledonian thorny seahorse)
        
        Species Hippocampus debelius (Softcoral seahorse)
        
        Species Hippocampus denise (Denise's pygmy seahorse)
        
        Species Hippocampus erectus (Horsefish)
        
        Species Hippocampus fisheri (Fisher's seahorse)
        
        Species Hippocampus fuscus (Chilka seahorse)
        
        Species Hippocampus grandiceps (Big-head seahorse)
        
        Species Hippocampus guttulatus (Long-snouted seahorse)
        
        Species Hippocampus hendriki (Eastern spiny seahorse)
        
        Species Hippocampus hippocampus (Sea horse)
        
        Species Hippocampus histrix (Longspine seahorse)
        
        Species Hippocampus ingens (Giant Seahorse)
        
        Species Hippocampus jayakari (Jayakar's seahorse)
        
        Species Hippocampus jugumus (Collared seahorse)
        
        Species Hippocampus kelloggi (Great seahorse)
        
        Species Hippocampus kuda (Common seahorse)
        
        Species Hippocampus lichtensteinii (Lichtenstein's Seahorse)
        
        Species Hippocampus minotaur (Bullneck seahorse)
        
        Species Hippocampus mohnikei (Japanese seahorse)
        
        Species Hippocampus montebelloensis (Monte Bello seahorse)
        
        Species Hippocampus multispinus (Northern spiny seahorse)
        
        Species Hippocampus patagonicus
        
        Species Hippocampus pontohi
        
        Species Hippocampus procerus (High-crown seahorse)
        
        Species Hippocampus pusillus (Pygmy thorny seahorse)
        
        Species Hippocampus queenslandicus (Queensland seahorse)
        
        Species Hippocampus reidi (Longsnout Seahorse)
        
        Species Hippocampus satomiae
        
        Species Hippocampus semispinosus (Half-spined seahorse)
        
        Species Hippocampus severnsi
        
        Species Hippocampus sindonis (Dhiho's seahorse)
        
        Species Hippocampus spinosissimus (Hedgehog seahorse)
        
        Species Hippocampus subelongatus (Tiger snout seahorse)
        
        Species Hippocampus trimaculatus (Flat-faced seahorse)
        
        Species Hippocampus tyro
        
        Species Hippocampus waleananus (Walea pygmy seahorse)
        
        Species Hippocampus whitei (Common sea-horse)
        
        Species Hippocampus zebra (Zebra seahorse)
        
        Species Hippocampus zosterae (Dwarf Seahorse)

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To cite this page: Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2012. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed at http://animaldiversity.org.

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