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: 2017

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Diphyllobothriidae
  Order - Diphyllobothriidea
  Subclass - Eucestoda
  Class - Cestoda
  Subphylum - Neodermata
  Phylum - Platyhelminthes
  Superphylum - Platyzoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Diphyllobothrium cordatum
      Species - Diphyllobothrium lanceolatum
      Species - Diphyllobothrium stemmacephalum
      Species - Diphyllobothrium alascense
      Species - Diphyllobothrium archeri
      Species - Diphyllobothrium cameroni
      Species - Diphyllobothrium dalliae
      Species - Diphyllobothrium dendriticum
      Species - Diphyllobothrium ditremum
      Species - Diphyllobothrium elegans
      Species - Diphyllobothrium fayi
      Species - Diphyllobothrium fuhrmanni
      Species - Diphyllobothrium gondo
      Species - Diphyllobothrium hians
      Species - Diphyllobothrium lashleyi
      Species - Diphyllobothrium latum
      Species - Diphyllobothrium lobodoni
      Species - Diphyllobothrium macroovatum
      Species - Diphyllobothrium minutus
      Species - Diphyllobothrium mobile
      Species - Diphyllobothrium nihonkaiense
      Species - Diphyllobothrium orcini
      Species - Diphyllobothrium phocarum
      Species - Diphyllobothrium polyrugosum
      Species - Diphyllobothrium pseudowilsoni
      Species - Diphyllobothrium quadratum
      Species - Diphyllobothrium rauschi
      Species - Diphyllobothrium roemeri
      Species - Diphyllobothrium schistochilos
      Species - Diphyllobothrium scoticum
      Species - Diphyllobothrium ursi
      Species - Diphyllobothrium wilsoni