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

      Direct Children

      Species - Prostheceraeus moseleyi
      Species - Prostheceraeus zebra
      Species - Prostheceraeus vittatus
      Species - Prostheceraeus violaceus
      Species - Prostheceraeus rubropunctatus
      Species - Prostheceraeus roseus
      Species - Prostheceraeus pseudolimax
      Species - Prostheceraeus nigricornus
      Species - Prostheceraeus meleagrinus
      Species - Prostheceraeus maculosus
      Species - Prostheceraeus giesbrechtii
      Species - Prostheceraeus floridanus
      Species - Prostheceraeus flavomarginatus
      Species - Prostheceraeus argus
      Species - Prostheceraeus anomalus
      Species - Prostheceraeus panamensis
      Species - Prostheceraeus terricola
      Species - Prostheceraeus albocinctus