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 - Itaquasconinae
  Family - Hypsibiidae
  Order - Parachela
  Class - Eutardigrada
  Phylum - Tardigrada
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Itaquascon placophorum
      Species - Itaquascon umbellinae
      Species - Itaquascon biserovi
      Species - Itaquascon cambewarrense
      Species - Itaquascon enckelli
      Species - Itaquascon globuliferum
      Species - Itaquascon mongolicus
      Species - Itaquascon pawlowskii
      Species - Itaquascon unguiculum
      Species - Itaquascon simplex