NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Order

Taxonomic Status

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

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Subclass - Calcaronea
  Class - Calcarea
  Phylum - Porifera
  Subkingdom - Radiata
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Family - Leucosoleniidae
      Family - Sycettidae
      Family - Heteropiidae
      Family - Grantiidae
      Genus - Sycyssa
      Family - Amphoriscidae
      Family - Lelapiidae
      Family - Sycanthidae
      Family - Jenkinidae
      Family - Achramorphidae