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

      Direct Children

      Species - Messoplana rugata
      Species - Messoplana roscoffensis
      Species - Messoplana pacifica
      Species - Messoplana minuta
      Species - Messoplana helgolandica
      Species - Messoplana globulifera
      Species - Messoplana geminata
      Species - Messoplana floralis
      Species - Messoplana falcata
      Species - Messoplana elegans
      Species - Messoplana canariensis
      Species - Messoplana aremorica
      Species - Messoplana spiralis