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 - Plagiostomidae
  Section - Prolecithophora
  Infraorder - Adiaphanida
  Suborder - Eulecithophora
  Order - Neoophora
  Class - Trepaxonemata
  Subphylum - Rhabditophora
  Phylum - Platyhelminthes
  Superphylum - Platyzoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Vorticeros luteum
      Species - Vorticeros auriculatum
      Species - Vorticeros cyrtum
      Species - Vorticeros dahli
      Species - Vorticeros ijima
      Species - Vorticeros praedatorium
      Species - Vorticeros rudis
      Species - Vorticeros pulchellum