NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

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

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Subfamily - Polycystidinae
  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

      Species - Paulodora watsoni
      Species - Paulodora felis
      Species - Paulodora fredelyna
      Species - Paulodora hamifer
      Species - Paulodora matarazzoi
      Species - Paulodora porcellus
      Species - Paulodora riedli
      Species - Paulodora subcontorta
      Species - Paulodora contortoides
      Species - Paulodora schockaerti
      Species - Paulodora drepanophora
      Species - Paulodora dolichocephala
      Species - Paulodora ancora
      Species - Paulodora asymmetrica
      Species - Paulodora contorta