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

  Subfamily - Provorticinae
  Family - Provorticidae
  Section - Dalytyphloplanida
  Infraorder - Rhabdocoela
  Suborder - Eulecithophora
  Order - Neoophora
  Class - Trepaxonemata
  Subphylum - Rhabditophora
  Phylum - Platyhelminthes
  Superphylum - Platyzoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Provortex karlingi
      Species - Provortex pallidus
      Species - Provortex balticus
      Species - Provortex virginiensis
      Species - Provortex tubiferus
      Species - Provortex sphagnorum
      Species - Provortex impeditus
      Species - Provortex affinis
      Species - Provortex littoralis
      Species - Provortex rubrobacillus
      Species - Provortex psammophilus