NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: partial
Latest Record Review: 2006

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Laodiceidae
  Order - Leptothecatae
  Subclass - Hydroidolina
  Class - Hydrozoa
  Subphylum - Medusozoa
  Phylum - Cnidaria
  Subkingdom - Radiata
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Ptychogena lactea
      Species - Ptychogena californica
      Species - Ptychogena antarctica
      Species - Ptychogena aurea
      Species - Ptychogena crocea
      Species - Ptychogena hyperborea
      Species - Ptychogena longigona