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

      Direct Children

      Species - Platybothrium cervinum
      Species - Platybothrium angelbahiense
      Species - Platybothrium auriculatum
      Species - Platybothrium coshtaprum
      Species - Platybothrium harpago
      Species - Platybothrium hypoprioni
      Species - Platybothrium jondoeorum
      Species - Platybothrium kirstenae
      Species - Platybothrium spinulifera
      Species - Platybothrium tantulum