NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: No review; untreated NODC data

Taxonomic Heirarchy

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

      Direct Children

      Subspecies - Macrotrachela quadricornifera quadricornifera
      Subspecies - Macrotrachela quadricornifera quadricornifero