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Gigantactis

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Osteichthyes
Classis: Actinopterygii
Subclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Superordo: Paracanthopterygii
Ordo: Lophiiformes
Subordo: Ogcocephalioidei
Superfamilia: Ceratioidea
Familia: Gigantactinidae
Genus: Gigantactis
Species: G. balushkini - G. elsmani - G. filibulbosus - G. gargantua - G. gibbsi - G. golovani - G. gracilicauda - G. herwigi - G. ios - G. kreffti - G. longicauda - G. longicirra - G. macronema - G. meadi - G. microdontis - G. microphthalmus - G. paxtoni - G. perlatus - G. savagei - G. vanhoeffeni - G. watermani

Name

Gigantactis Brauer, 1902

Gender: feminine

Type species: Gigantactis vanhoeffeni Brauer, 1902, by monotypy.

Synonyms

* Laevoceratias Parr, 1927
* Teleotrema Regan & Trewavas, 1932


References

* Brauer, A. (1902) Diagnosen von neuen Tiefseefischen, welche von der Valdivia-Expedition gesammelt sind. Zoologischer Anzeiger v. 25 (no. 668): 277-298.


Links

* Gigantactis Report on ITIS

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