NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: complete
Latest Record Review: 2015

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Cavisomidae
  Order - Echinorhynchida
  Class - Palaeacanthocephala
  Phylum - Acanthocephala
  Superphylum - Platyzoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Filisoma indicum
      Species - Filisoma bucerium
      Species - Filisoma fidum
      Species - Filisoma rizalinum
      Species - Filisoma scatophagusi
      Species - Filisoma acanthocybii
      Species - Filisoma inglisi
      Species - Filisoma longcementglandatus
      Species - Filisoma oplegnathi
      Species - Filisoma atropi
      Species - Filisoma filiformis
      Species - Filisoma microcanthi