NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Suborder

Taxonomic Status

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

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Order - Pleurogona
  Class - Ascidiacea
  Subphylum - Urochordata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Family - Styelidae
      Family - Pyuridae
      Family - Molgulidae