NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: No review; untreated NODC data
Global Species Completeness: unknown
Latest Record Review: unknown

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Philophthalmidae
  Suborder - Echinostomata
  Order - Echinostomida
  Subclass - Digenea
  Class - Trematoda
  Subphylum - Neodermata
  Phylum - Platyhelminthes
  Superphylum - Platyzoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Philophthalmus hegeneri
      Species - Philophthalmus gralli
      Species - Philophthalmus stercusmuscarum
      Species - Philophthalmus megalurus