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: 2006

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Xenotrichulidae
  Order - Chaetonotida
  Phylum - Gastrotricha
  Superphylum - Platyzoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Xenotrichula cornuta
      Species - Xenotrichula punctata
      Species - Xenotrichula simplex
      Species - Xenotrichula tentaculata
      Species - Xenotrichula velox
      Species - Xenotrichula bispina
      Species - Xenotrichula floridana
      Species - Xenotrichula guadelupense
      Species - Xenotrichula intermedia
      Species - Xenotrichula lineata
      Species - Xenotrichula micracantha
      Species - Xenotrichula sokai
      Species - Xenotrichula variocirrata
      Species - Xenotrichula quadritubulata
      Species - Xenotrichula laccadivensis