NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: partial
Latest Record Review: 1999

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Lophoproctidae
  Superfamily - Polyxenoidea
  Order - Polyxenida
  Subclass - Penicillata
  Class - Diplopoda
  Subphylum - Myriapoda
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Lophoturus aequatus
      Species - Lophoturus anisorhabdus
      Species - Lophoturus crassipes
      Species - Lophoturus longisetis
      Species - Lophoturus madecassus
      Species - Lophoturus niveus
      Species - Lophoturus vicarius