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 - Pterastericolidae
  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 - Pterastericola vivipara
      Species - Pterastericola fedotovi
      Species - Pterastericola asamushii
      Species - Pterastericola ramosa
      Species - Pterastericola sprenti
      Species - Pterastericola sinensis
      Species - Pterastericola astropectinis
      Species - Pterastericola psilastericola
      Species - Pterastericola pellucida
      Species - Pterastericola bergensis
      Species - Pterastericola australis
      Species - Pterastericola rottnestensis