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

  Family - Stylochidae
  Superfamily - Stylochoidea
  Suborder - Acotylea
  Order - Polycladida
  Class - Trepaxonemata
  Subphylum - Rhabditophora
  Phylum - Platyhelminthes
  Superphylum - Platyzoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Leptostylochus gracilis
      Species - Leptostylochus capensis
      Species - Leptostylochus novacambrensis
      Species - Leptostylochus palombii
      Species - Leptostylochus polysorus
      Species - Leptostylochus elongatus
      Species - Leptostylochus pacificus