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

      Direct Children

      Species - Polypocephalus radiatus
      Species - Polypocephalus affinis
      Species - Polypocephalus caribbensis
      Species - Polypocephalus coronatus
      Species - Polypocephalus elongatus
      Species - Polypocephalus helmuti
      Species - Polypocephalus lintoni
      Species - Polypocephalus medusia
      Species - Polypocephalus moretonensis
      Species - Polypocephalus rhinobatidis
      Species - Polypocephalus rhynchobatidis
      Species - Polypocephalus saoudi
      Species - Polypocephalus vesicularis
      Species - Polypocephalus vitellaris