NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Class

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: partial
Latest Record Review: 2013

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Phylum - Porifera
  Subkingdom - Radiata
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Order - Dictyoceratida
      Order - Dendroceratida
      Order - Haplosclerida
      Order - Poecilosclerida
      Order - Halichondrida
      Order - Hadromerida
      Order - Astrophorida
      Order - Spirophorida
      Order - Chondrosida
      Order - Lithistida
      Order - Agelasida
      Order - Halisarcida
      Order - Verongida
      Order - Verticillitida
      Genus - Myceliospongia