NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Family

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: complete
Latest Record Review: 2017

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Order - Onchoproteocephalidea
  Subclass - Eucestoda
  Class - Cestoda
  Subphylum - Neodermata
  Phylum - Platyhelminthes
  Superphylum - Platyzoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Genus - Acanthobothrium
      Genus - Phoreiobothrium
      Genus - Acanthobothroides
      Genus - Megalonchos
      Genus - Onchobothrium
      Genus - Pinguicollum
      Genus - Platybothrium
      Genus - Potamotrygonocestus
      Genus - Prosobothrium
      Genus - Triloculatum
      Genus - Uncibilocularis
      Species - Uncibilocularis aurangabadensis
      Species - Uncibilocularis indiana
      Species - Uncibilocularis indica
      Species - Uncibilocularis plagiosumae
      Species - Uncibilocularis somnathii