NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

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

Taxonomic Heirarchy

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

      Direct Children

      Species - Asplanchna brightwellii
      Species - Asplanchna herrickii
      Species - Asplanchna terminalis
      Species - Asplanchna priodonta
      Species - Asplanchna amphora
      Species - Asplanchna girodi
      Species - Asplanchna seiboldi
      Species - Asplanchna silvestris