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 - Pseudocerotidae
  Superfamily - Pseudocerotoidea
  Suborder - Cotylea
  Order - Polycladida
  Class - Trepaxonemata
  Subphylum - Rhabditophora
  Phylum - Platyhelminthes
  Superphylum - Platyzoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Acanthozoon maculosum
      Species - Acanthozoon auropunctatum
      Species - Acanthozoon papilionis
      Species - Acanthozoon ovale
      Species - Acanthozoon obscurum
      Species - Acanthozoon semperi
      Species - Acanthozoon marginatum
      Species - Acanthozoon lepidum
      Species - Acanthozoon indicum
      Species - Acanthozoon hispidum
      Species - Acanthozoon plehni
      Species - Acanthozoon armatum
      Species - Acanthozoon boehmigi
      Species - Acanthozoon allmani
      Species - Acanthozoon alderi
      Species - Acanthozoon albopunctatum
      Species - Acanthozoon albopapillosus