NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Infraorder

Taxonomic Status

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

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Suborder - Arhynchobdellida
  Order - Hirudinida
  Subclass - Lumbriculata
  Class - Clitellata
  Phylum - Annelida
  Superphylum - Lophozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Family - Hirudinidae
      Family - Haemadipsidae
      Family - Semiscolecidae
      Family - Cylicobdellidae
      Family - Haemopidae
      Family - Macrobdellidae
      Family - Xerobdellidae