NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Subgenus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Castrella
  Family - Dalyelliidae
  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 - Castrella pinguis
      Species - Castrella graffi
      Species - Castrella alba
      Species - Castrella groenlandica
      Species - Castrella cylindrica
      Species - Castrella vernalis
      Species - Castrella truncata