NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

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

      Direct Children

      Subspecies - Echiniscoides sigismundi sigismundi
      Subspecies - Echiniscoides sigismundi groenlandicus
      Subspecies - Echiniscoides sigismundi galliensis
      Subspecies - Echiniscoides sigismundi hispaniensis
      Subspecies - Echiniscoides sigismundi mediterranicus
      Subspecies - Echiniscoides sigismundi polynesiensis
      Subspecies - Echiniscoides sigismundi porphyrae
      Subspecies - Echiniscoides sigismundi verrucariae