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: 2009

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Phascolosomatidae
  Order - Phascolosomatiformes
  Class - Phascolosomatidea
  Phylum - Sipuncula
  Superphylum - Lophozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Phascolosoma ambiguum
      Species - Phascolosoma constellatum
      Species - Phascolosoma demanni
      Species - Phascolosoma exasperatum
      Species - Phascolosoma falcidentatum
      Species - Phascolosoma fasciolatum
      Species - Phascolosoma loricatum
      Species - Phascolosoma mauritaniense
      Species - Phascolosoma nordfolcense
      Species - Phascolosoma placostegi
      Species - Phascolosoma pourtalesi
      Species - Phascolosoma pygmaeum
      Species - Phascolosoma rueppellii
      Species - Phascolosoma semicinctum
      Subgenus - Phascolosoma (Phascolosoma)
      Subgenus - Phascolosoma (Fisherana)
      Species - Phascolosoma corallicolum
      Species - Phascolosoma leachii