NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

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

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Heteropiidae
  Order - Leucosolenida
  Subclass - Calcaronea
  Class - Calcarea
  Phylum - Porifera
  Subkingdom - Radiata
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Heteropia compressa
      Species - Heteropia erecta
      Species - Heteropia glomerosa
      Species - Heteropia macera
      Species - Heteropia medioarticulata
      Species - Heteropia patulosculifera
      Species - Heteropia pluriosculifera
      Species - Heteropia polyperistomia
      Species - Heteropia ramosa
      Species - Heteropia rodgeri
      Species - Heteropia simplex
      Species - Heteropia spissa
      Species - Heteropia striata