NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Section

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: complete
Latest Record Review: 2016

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Infraorder - Rhabdocoela
  Suborder - Eulecithophora
  Order - Neoophora
  Class - Trepaxonemata
  Subphylum - Rhabditophora
  Phylum - Platyhelminthes
  Superphylum - Platyzoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Family - Cytocystididae
      Family - Bertiliellidae
      Family - Cheliplanidae
      Family - Karkinorhynchidae
      Family - Koinocystididae
      Family - Aculeorhynchidae
      Family - Crassicollidae
      Family - Cicerinidae
      Family - Diascorhynchidae
      Family - Nematorhynchidae
      Family - Nannorhynchididae
      Family - Cystiplanidae
      Family - Placorhynchidae
      Family - Gnathorhynchidae
      Family - Psammorhynchidae
      Family - Schizorhynchidae
      Family - Polycystididae
      Family - Rhynchokarlingiidae
      Genus - Elvertia
      Genus - Lekanorhynchus
      Genus - Syatkinella
      Genus - Zonorhynchus