NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: No review; untreated NODC data
Global Species Completeness: unknown
Latest Record Review: unknown

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Chaperiidae
  Suborder - Anasca
  Order - Cheilostomata
  Class - Gymnolaemata
  Phylum - Bryozoa
  Superphylum - Lophozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Chaperia acanthina
      Species - Chaperia quadrispinosa
      Species - Chaperia cervicornis
      Species - Chaperia spinosissima
      Species - Chaperia galeata
      Species - Chaperia multispinosa