NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Family

Taxonomic Status

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

Taxonomic Heirarchy

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

      Direct Children

      Genus - Porella
      Genus - Smittina
      Genus - Parasmittina
      Genus - Rhamphostomella
      Genus - Cystisella
      Genus - Hemicyclopora
      Genus - Escharopsis
      Genus - Prenantia