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Mordaciidae 
Taxonomic Serial No.: 159745

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Synonym(s): Mordaciinae
 
  Common Name(s):    
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2013   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumAgnatha   
                   ClassCephalaspidomorphi  – lampreys  
                      OrderPetromyzontiformes  – lampreys, lampreas, lamproies  
                         FamilyMordaciidae   
    Direct Children:  
                            GenusMordacia Gray, 1851  
       

 References
       
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  Source: Catalog of Fishes, 05-Aug-2013, website (version 05-Aug-13)  
  Acquired: 2013   
  Notes: http://research.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp   
  Reference for: Mordaciidae   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Mordaciidae   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Nelson, Joseph S.   
  Publication Date: 1994   
  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: Mordaciidae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Renaud, Claude B.   
  Publication Date: 2011   
  Article/Chapter Title: Lampreys of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of lamprey species known to date   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes, No. 5   
  Page(s): vi + 109   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1020-8682   
  Notes: Available online at http://www.fao.org/docrep/015/i2335e/i2335e00.htm   
  Reference for: Mordaciidae   
       

 Geographic Information
       
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 Comments
       
  Comment: Nelson (1994) treats this taxon as the Subfamily Mordaciinae in the family Petromyzontidae  
 

 

    


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