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: 2005

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Subfamily - Styraconyxinae
  Family - Halechiniscidae
  Order - Arthrotardigrada
  Class - Heterotardigrada
  Phylum - Tardigrada
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Angursa bicuspis
      Species - Angursa lanceolata
      Species - Angursa capsula
      Species - Angursa lingua
      Species - Angursa antarctica