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

      Direct Children

      Species - Halichondria disparilis
      Species - Halichondria panicea
      Species - Halichondria sitiens
      Species - Halichondria bowerbanki
      Species - Halichondria melanadocia
      Species - Halichondria magniconolosa
      Species - Halichondria fibrosa
      Species - Halichondria genetrix
      Species - Halichondria lambei
      Species - Halichondria agglomerans
      Species - Halichondria difficilis
      Species - Halichondria membrana
      Species - Halichondria topsenti
      Subgenus - Halichondria (Eumastia)
      Subgenus - Halichondria (Halichondria)