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

  Family - Echiniscoididae
  Order - Echiniscoidea
  Class - Heterotardigrada
  Phylum - Tardigrada
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Echiniscoides sigismundi
      Species - Echiniscoides hoepneri
      Species - Echiniscoides higginsi
      Species - Echiniscoides pollocki
      Species - Echiniscoides andamanensis
      Species - Echiniscoides bruni
      Species - Echiniscoides horningi
      Species - Echiniscoides travei