Atractodenchelys

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Elopocephalai
Supercohors: Elopocephala
Cohors/Superordo: Elopomorpha
Ordo: Anguilliformes
Subordo: Synaphobranchoidei

Familia: Synaphobranchidae
Genus: Atractodenchelys
Species: A. brevitrunca – A. phrix – A. robinsorum
Name

Atractodenchelys Robins & Robins, 1970: 296
Gender: feminine
Type species: Atractodenchelys phrix Robins & Robins, 1970
Fixation: original designation [also monotypy]

References

Robins, C.H. & Robins, C.R. 1970: The eel family Dysommidae (including the Dysomminidae and Nettodaridae), its osteology and composition, including a new genus and species. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 122 (6): 293–335. Abstract & excerpt

Links

ION
Nomenclator Zoologicus
Atractodenchelys species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2023. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2023.
Atractodenchelys and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2023. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
ITIS

Atractodenchelys is a genus of eels in the cutthroat eel family, Synaphobranchidae.
Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[1]

Atractodenchelys phrix C. H. Robins & C. R. Robins, 1970
Atractodenchelys robinsorum Karmovskaya, 2003

References

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Atractodenchelys in FishBase. December 2012 version.