NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Plagiostomum
  Family - Plagiostomidae
  Section - Prolecithophora
  Infraorder - Adiaphanida
  Suborder - Eulecithophora
  Order - Neoophora
  Class - Trepaxonemata
  Subphylum - Rhabditophora
  Phylum - Platyhelminthes
  Superphylum - Platyzoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Subspecies - Plagiostomum girardi minima
      Subspecies - Plagiostomum girardi major
      Subspecies - Plagiostomum girardi hymani
      Subspecies - Plagiostomum girardi groenlandica
      Subspecies - Plagiostomum girardi girardi
      Subspecies - Plagiostomum girardi bermudensis
      Subspecies - Plagiostomum girardi ponticum