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 - Molpadiodemidae
  Order - Persiculida
  Class - Holothuroidea
  Subphylum - Echinozoa
  Phylum - Echinodermata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Molpadiodemas atlanticus
      Species - Molpadiodemas pediculus
      Species - Molpadiodemas constrictus
      Species - Molpadiodemas crinitus
      Species - Molpadiodemas epibiotus
      Species - Molpadiodemas helios
      Species - Molpadiodemas pustulosus
      Species - Molpadiodemas morbillus
      Species - Molpadiodemas neovillosus
      Species - Molpadiodemas porphyrus
      Species - Molpadiodemas translucens
      Species - Molpadiodemas ustulatus
      Species - Molpadiodemas involutus
      Species - Molpadiodemas villosus
      Species - Molpadiodemas depressus
      Species - Molpadiodemas violaceus