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Discocephali (disused)

Actinopteri - Discocephali

Taxonomy
Discocephali is an order. It is extant.

It was assigned to Teleostei by Jordan (1963).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Discocephali Jordan p. 727

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
Teleosteomorpha
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
orderDiscocephali
orderDiscocephali

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Invalid names: Opisthomyzonidae [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available