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: 2006

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Peripatopsidae
  Order - Euonycophora
  Class - Udeonycophora
  Phylum - Onychophora
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Ooperipatus oviparus
      Species - Ooperipatus centunculus
      Species - Ooperipatus costatus
      Species - Ooperipatus hispidus
      Species - Ooperipatus pulchellus
      Species - Ooperipatus birrgus
      Species - Ooperipatus caesius
      Species - Ooperipatus lepidus
      Species - Ooperipatus nebulosus
      Species - Ooperipatus porcatus
      Species - Ooperipatus silvanus