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 - Microstomidae
  Order - Dolichomicrostomida
  Class - Macrostomorpha
  Subphylum - Rhabditophora
  Phylum - Platyhelminthes
  Superphylum - Platyzoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Microstomum lineare
      Species - Microstomum canum
      Species - Microstomum breviceps
      Species - Microstomum bispiralis
      Species - Microstomum bioculatum
      Species - Microstomum achroophthalmum
      Species - Microstomum crildensis
      Species - Microstomum melanophthalmum
      Species - Microstomum lucidum
      Species - Microstomum littorale
      Species - Microstomum coerulescens
      Species - Microstomum jenseni
      Species - Microstomum hanatum
      Species - Microstomum groenlandicum
      Species - Microstomum gabriellae
      Species - Microstomum dermophthalmum
      Species - Microstomum davenporti
      Species - Microstomum septentrionale
      Species - Microstomum rubromaculatum
      Species - Microstomum rhabdotum
      Species - Microstomum punctatum
      Species - Microstomum philadelphicum
      Species - Microstomum paradii
      Species - Microstomum spiriferum
      Species - Microstomum ornatum
      Species - Microstomum mundum
      Species - Microstomum mortenseni
      Species - Microstomum papillosum
      Species - Microstomum spiculifer
      Species - Microstomum unicolor
      Species - Microstomum ulum
      Species - Microstomum trichotum