NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: complete
Latest Record Review: 2016

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Mecynostomidae
  Class - Acoela
  Subphylum - Acoelomorpha
  Phylum - Xenacoelomorpha
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Childia groenlandica
      Species - Childia etium
      Species - Childia dubium
      Species - Childia cycloposthium
      Species - Childia curinii
      Species - Childia crassum
      Species - Childia aculifera
      Species - Childia brachyposthium
      Species - Childia macroposthium
      Species - Childia leptoposthium
      Species - Childia gracilis
      Species - Childia haplovata
      Species - Childia westbladi
      Species - Childia vivipara
      Species - Childia trianguliferum
      Species - Childia submaculatum