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

  Subfamily - Trigonostominae
  Family - Trigonostomidae
  Section - Dalytyphloplanida
  Infraorder - Rhabdocoela
  Suborder - Eulecithophora
  Order - Neoophora
  Class - Trepaxonemata
  Subphylum - Rhabditophora
  Phylum - Platyhelminthes
  Superphylum - Platyzoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Ptychopera zostericola
      Species - Ptychopera westbladi
      Species - Ptychopera tuberculata
      Species - Ptychopera subterranea
      Species - Ptychopera spinifera
      Species - Ptychopera scutulifera
      Species - Ptychopera purasjokii
      Species - Ptychopera plebeia
      Species - Ptychopera hartogi
      Species - Ptychopera ehlersi
      Species - Ptychopera avicularis
      Species - Ptychopera alaskana
      Species - Ptychopera japonica