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: 1999

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Loliginidae
  Suborder - Myopsina
  Order - Teuthida
  Superorder - Decabrachia
  Subclass - Coleoidea
  Class - Cephalopoda
  Phylum - Mollusca
  Superphylum - Lophozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Subgenus - Loliolus (Loliolus)
      Subgenus - Loliolus (Nipponololigo)