NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: partial
Latest Record Review: 2004

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Philodinidae
  Subclass - Bdelloidea
  Class - Bdelloidea
  Phylum - Rotifera
  Superphylum - Platyzoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Macrotrachela aculeata
      Species - Macrotrachela asperula
      Species - Macrotrachela canadensis
      Species - Macrotrachela ehrenbergii
      Species - Macrotrachela gunningi
      Species - Macrotrachela habita
      Species - Macrotrachela multispinosa
      Species - Macrotrachela musculosa
      Species - Macrotrachela natans
      Species - Macrotrachela papillosa
      Species - Macrotrachela plicata
      Species - Macrotrachela quadricornifera
      Species - Macrotrachela speciosa
      Species - Macrotrachela zichendrahti