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 - Koinocystididae
  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 - Utelga deina
      Species - Utelga heinckei
      Species - Utelga monodon
      Species - Utelga montereyensis
      Species - Utelga possjetica
      Species - Utelga pseudoheinckei
      Species - Utelga simplicodentata
      Species - Utelga spinosa
      Species - Utelga vesicatula
      Species - Utelga carolinensis