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: 2017

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Gyrocotylidae
  Order - Gyrocotylidea
  Class - Cestoda
  Subphylum - Neodermata
  Phylum - Platyhelminthes
  Superphylum - Platyzoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Gyrocotyle rugosa
      Species - Gyrocotyle abyssicola
      Species - Gyrocotyle confusa
      Species - Gyrocotyle fimbriata
      Species - Gyrocotyle major
      Species - Gyrocotyle maxima
      Species - Gyrocotyle nigrosetosa
      Species - Gyrocotyle nybelini
      Species - Gyrocotyle parvispinosa
      Species - Gyrocotyle urna
      Species - Gyrocotyle medusarum