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 - Placorhynchidae
  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 - Placorhynchus meridionalis
      Species - Placorhynchus octaculeatus
      Species - Placorhynchus pacificus
      Species - Placorhynchus paratetraculeatus
      Species - Placorhynchus separatus
      Species - Placorhynchus tetraculeatus
      Species - Placorhynchus doei
      Species - Placorhynchus magnaspina
      Species - Placorhynchus bidens
      Species - Placorhynchus dimorphis
      Species - Placorhynchus echinulatus