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

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

      Direct Children

      Species - Aspersentis megarhynchus
      Species - Aspersentis austrinus
      Species - Aspersentis johni
      Species - Aspersentis minor
      Species - Aspersentis peltorhamphi
      Species - Aspersentis zanclorhynchi
      Species - Aspersentis dissosthychi