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 - Porrorchinae
  Family - Plagiorhynchidae
  Order - Polymorphida
  Class - Palaeacanthocephala
  Phylum - Acanthocephala
  Superphylum - Platyzoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Porrorchis elongatus
      Species - Porrorchis bazae
      Species - Porrorchis centropi
      Species - Porrorchis houdemeri
      Species - Porrorchis hydromuris
      Species - Porrorchis hylae
      Species - Porrorchis indicus
      Species - Porrorchis leibyi
      Species - Porrorchis maxvachoni
      Species - Porrorchis oti
      Species - Porrorchis brevicanthus
      Species - Porrorchis chauhani
      Species - Porrorchis crocidurai
      Species - Porrorchis keralensis
      Species - Porrorchis nickoli
      Species - Porrorchis rotundatus
      Species - Porrorchis centropusi
      Species - Porrorchis aruensis
      Species - Porrorchis heckmanni
      Species - Porrorchis herpistis
      Species - Porrorchis jonesae
      Species - Porrorchis kinsellai
      Species - Porrorchis tyto