Animal Diversity Web

Scolecenchelys australis

Down's worm eel

(Also: Iredale's worm eel; Scotts worm eel; Shortfin worm eel; Southern worm eel)

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 (ray-finned fishes)
        
        Order Anguilliformes (eels)
        
        Family Ophichthidae (Snake eels)
        
        Genus Scolecenchelys
        
        Species Scolecenchelys australis (Down's worm eel)