NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: partial
Latest Record Review: 2004

Taxonomic Heirarchy

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

      Direct Children

      Species - Cellepora nordenskjoldi
      Species - Cellepora surcularis
      Species - Cellepora ventricosa
      Species - Cellepora smitti
      Species - Cellepora nodulosa
      Species - Cellepora pumicosa
      Species - Cellepora canaliculata
      Species - Cellepora avicularis
      Species - Cellepora ramulosa