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 - Axinellidae
  Order - Halichondrida
  Class - Demospongiae
  Phylum - Porifera
  Subkingdom - Radiata
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Phakellia lobata
      Species - Phakellia folium
      Species - Phakellia robusta
      Species - Phakellia rugosa
      Species - Phakellia setosa
      Species - Phakellia vermiculata