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

  Subfamily - Atopetholinae
  Family - Atopetholidae
  Order - Spirobolida
  Subclass - Helminthomorpha
  Class - Diplopoda
  Subphylum - Myriapoda
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Watichelus cooki
      Species - Watichelus edentatus
      Species - Watichelus emarginatus
      Species - Watichelus parallelus
      Species - Watichelus robustus
      Species - Watichelus smithi