NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Subfamily

Taxonomic Status

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

Taxonomic Heirarchy

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

      Direct Children

      Genus - Duplacrorhynchus
      Genus - Antiboreorhynchus
      Genus - Fungorhynchus
      Genus - Paraustrorhynchus
      Genus - Galapagorhynchus
      Genus - Cincturorhynchus
      Genus - Paulodora
      Genus - Parachrorhynchus
      Genus - Opisthocystis
      Genus - Koinocystella
      Genus - Megaloascos
      Genus - Bermudorhynchus
      Genus - Macrorhynchus
      Genus - Austrorhynchus
      Genus - Hawadlia
      Genus - Acrorhynchides
      Genus - Alcha
      Genus - Phonorhynchus
      Genus - Progyrator
      Genus - Rogneda
      Genus - Porrocystis
      Genus - Pygmorhynchus
      Genus - Polycystis
      Genus - Acrorhynchus
      Species - Polycystis yagana