NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Order

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: partial
Latest Record Review: 2015

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Infraclass - Canalipalpata
  Subclass - Sedentaria
  Class - Polychaeta
  Phylum - Annelida
  Superphylum - Lophozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Family - Cirratulidae
      Family - Acrocirridae
      Family - Ctenodrilidae
      Family - Flabelligeridae
      Family - Fauveliopsidae
      Family - Poeobiidae
      Family - Sternaspidae
      Family - Pectinariidae
      Family - Ampharetidae
      Family - Terebellidae
      Family - Trichobranchidae
      Family - Alvinellidae
      Family - Polycirridae
      Family - Telothelepodidae
      Family - Thelepodidae