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 - Pterobothriidae
  Superfamily - Lacistorhynchoidea
  Suborder - Trypanoselachoida
  Order - Trypanorhyncha
  Subclass - Eucestoda
  Class - Cestoda
  Subphylum - Neodermata
  Phylum - Platyhelminthes
  Superphylum - Platyzoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Pterobothrium macrourum
      Species - Pterobothrium acanthotruncatum
      Species - Pterobothrium australiense
      Species - Pterobothrium crassicolle
      Species - Pterobothrium hawaiiense
      Species - Pterobothrium heteracanthum
      Species - Pterobothrium hira
      Species - Pterobothrium kingstoni
      Species - Pterobothrium lesteri
      Species - Pterobothrium lintoni
      Species - Pterobothrium pearsoni
      Species - Pterobothrium platycephalum
      Species - Pterobothrium senegalense
      Species - Pterobothrium southwelli
      Species - Pterobothrium tangoli