NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: No review; untreated NODC data

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Alcyonidium
  Family - Alcyonidiidae
  Suborder - Carnosa
  Order - Ctenostomata
  Class - Gymnolaemata
  Phylum - Bryozoa
  Superphylum - Lophozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Subspecies - Alcyonidium mamillatum mamillatum
      Subspecies - Alcyonidium mamillatum erectum