NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Order

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: complete
Latest Record Review: 2017

Taxonomic Heirarchy

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

      Direct Children

      Family - Lecanicephalidae
      Family - Cephalobothiidae
      Family - Aberrapecidae
      Family - Eniochobothriidae
      Family - Paraberrapecidae
      Family - Polypocephalidae
      Family - Tetragonocephalidae
      Family - Zanobatocestidae
      Genus - Corrugatocephalum
      Genus - Healyum
      Genus - Quadcuspibothrium
      Species - Discobothrium myliobatidis
      Species - Eniochobothrium trygonis
      Species - Lecanicephalum xiamenensis
      Species - Tetragonocephalum aetiobatidis
      Species - Tetragonocephalum akajeinensis
      Species - Tylocephalum elongatum
      Species - Tylocephalum rhinobatii