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

      Direct Children

      Subgenus - Acmostomum (Tuilica)
      Subgenus - Acmostomum (Acmostomum)
      Species - Acmostomum canarium
      Species - Acmostomum obscurum
      Species - Acmostomum mecznikowski
      Species - Acmostomum denticulatum