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

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

      Direct Children

      Species - Acanthotaenia shipleyi
      Species - Acanthotaenia beddardi
      Species - Acanthotaenia biroi
      Species - Acanthotaenia daileyi
      Species - Acanthotaenia gracilis
      Species - Acanthotaenia overstreeti
      Species - Acanthotaenia pythonis
      Species - Acanthotaenia woodlandi
      Species - Acanthotaenia nilotica