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 - Synaptidae
  Order - Apodida
  Class - Holothuroidea
  Subphylum - Echinozoa
  Phylum - Echinodermata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Polyplectana nigra
      Species - Polyplectana longogranula
      Species - Polyplectana oculata
      Species - Polyplectana kefersteinii
      Species - Polyplectana sluiteri
      Species - Polyplectana tahitiensis
      Species - Polyplectana galatheae
      Species - Polyplectana grisea
      Species - Polyplectana samoae
      Species - Polyplectana unispicula
      Species - Polyplectana zamboangae
      Species - Polyplectana kallipeplos