NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Family

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: complete
Latest Record Review: 2006

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Order - Macrodasyida
  Phylum - Gastrotricha
  Superphylum - Platyzoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Genus - Acanthodasys
      Genus - Thaumastoderma
      Genus - Tetranchyroderma
      Genus - Diplodasys
      Genus - Hemidasys
      Genus - Platydasys
      Genus - Pseudostomella
      Genus - Ptychostomella