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

      Species - Plicastoma karlingi
      Species - Plicastoma astrum
      Species - Plicastoma bimaculatum
      Species - Plicastoma carvalhoi
      Species - Plicastoma cavernae
      Species - Plicastoma jenseni
      Species - Plicastoma lutheri
      Species - Plicastoma micropharynx
      Species - Plicastoma phocae
      Species - Plicastoma productum
      Species - Plicastoma spadix
      Species - Plicastoma xenophthalmum
      Species - Plicastoma glaucum