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 - Peripatopsis alba
      Species - Peripatopsis balfouri
      Species - Peripatopsis capensis
      Species - Peripatopsis clavigera
      Species - Peripatopsis moseleyi
      Species - Peripatopsis sedgwicki
      Species - Peripatopsis leonina
      Species - Peripatopsis stelliporata