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 - Balanobothriidae
      Family - Dioecotaeniidae
      Genus - Anthobothrium
      Family - Calliobothriidae
      Family - Gastrolecithidae
      Family - Rhoptrobothriidae
      Family - Serendipidae
      Genus - Pentaloculum
      Genus - Zyxibothrium
      Genus - Carpobothrium
      Genus - Caulopatera
      Genus - Caulobothrium
      Genus - Pithophorus
      Genus - Mixophyllobothrium
      Genus - Reesium
      Genus - Tiarabothrium
      Species - Dinobothrium keilini
      Species - Echeneibothrium javanicum
      Species - Marsupiobothrium karbharii
      Species - Marsupiobothrium rhinobati
      Species - Marsupiobothrium rhynchobati
      Species - Phyllobothrium dagnallium
      Species - Phyllobothrium flami
      Species - Phyllobothrium minutum
      Species - Pithophorus pakistanensis
      Species - Spongiobothrium lintoni
      Species - Yorkeria indica