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

      Direct Children

      Species - Peripatus antiguensis
      Species - Peripatus bouvieri
      Species - Peripatus brolemanni
      Species - Peripatus dominicae
      Species - Peripatus evelinae
      Species - Peripatus heloisae
      Species - Peripatus juliformis
      Species - Peripatus juanensis
      Species - Peripatus manni
      Species - Peripatus ruber
      Species - Peripatus sedgwicki
      Species - Peripatus swainsonae
      Species - Peripatus bavaysi