ADW: Scolecenchelys: 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 Anguilliformes
        
        Family Ophichthidae (Snake eels)
        
        Genus Scolecenchelys
        
        Species Scolecenchelys acutirostris
        
        Species Scolecenchelys australis (Down's worm eel)
        
        Species Scolecenchelys borealis
        
        Species Scolecenchelys breviceps (Big-eyed worm eel)
        
        Species Scolecenchelys castlei (Deepwater big-eye worm eel)
        
        Species Scolecenchelys chilensis
        
        Species Scolecenchelys cookei
        
        Species Scolecenchelys erythraeensis
        
        Species Scolecenchelys godeffroyi (Godeffroy)
        
        Species Scolecenchelys gymnota (Indo-Pacific slender worm-eel)
        
        Species Scolecenchelys japonica
        
        Species Scolecenchelys laticaudata (Pearlbelly snake-eel)
        
        Species Scolecenchelys macroptera (Narrow worm eel)
        
        Species Scolecenchelys nicholsae (Nichols' worm eel)
        
        Species Scolecenchelys okamurai
        
        Species Scolecenchelys profundorum
        
        Species Scolecenchelys puhioilo
        
        Species Scolecenchelys tasmaniensis (Tasmanian worm eel)
        
        Species Scolecenchelys vermiformis
        
        Species Scolecenchelys xorae (Orangehead worm-eel)

Confused by a class within a class or an order within an order? Please see our brief essay.

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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