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 - Defrancia
  Family - Corymboporidae
  Suborder - Cerioporina
  Order - Cyclostomata
  Class - Stenolaemata
  Phylum - Bryozoa
  Superphylum - Lophozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Subspecies - Defrancia lucernaria lucernaria
      Subspecies - Defrancia lucernaria prolifera