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 - Parotoplaninae
  Family - Otoplanidae
  Infraorder - Lithophora
  Suborder - Proseriata
  Order - Neoophora
  Class - Trepaxonemata
  Subphylum - Rhabditophora
  Phylum - Platyhelminthes
  Superphylum - Platyzoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Parotoplana capitata
      Species - Parotoplana crassispina
      Species - Parotoplana ambrosolii
      Species - Parotoplana axi
      Species - Parotoplana bermudensis
      Species - Parotoplana bicupa
      Species - Parotoplana circinnata
      Species - Parotoplana cucullata
      Species - Parotoplana fretigaditani
      Species - Parotoplana geminispina
      Species - Parotoplana gracilispina
      Species - Parotoplana ichnusae
      Species - Parotoplana impastatoi
      Species - Parotoplana jondelii
      Species - Parotoplana lata
      Species - Parotoplana carthagoensis
      Species - Parotoplana mastigophora
      Species - Parotoplana livatinoi
      Species - Parotoplana uncinata
      Species - Parotoplana turgida
      Species - Parotoplana pulchrispina
      Species - Parotoplana mollis
      Species - Parotoplana moya
      Species - Parotoplana multispinosa
      Species - Parotoplana obtusispina
      Species - Parotoplana pacifica
      Species - Parotoplana papii
      Species - Parotoplana varispinosa
      Species - Parotoplana procerostyla
      Species - Parotoplana pythagorae
      Species - Parotoplana renatae
      Species - Parotoplana rosignana
      Species - Parotoplana spathifera
      Species - Parotoplana subtilis
      Species - Parotoplana terpsichore
      Species - Parotoplana tubifera
      Species - Parotoplana primitiva
      Species - Parotoplana macrostyla