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 - Squatinella
  Family - Lepadellidae
  Order - Ploima
  Superorder - Pseudotrocha
  Subclass - Monogononta
  Class - Monogonta
  Phylum - Rotifera
  Superphylum - Platyzoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Subspecies - Squatinella leydigii leydigii
      Subspecies - Squatinella leydigii longispina