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

      Direct Children

      Species - Ploesoma truncatum
      Species - Ploesoma lenticulare
      Species - Ploesoma africana
      Species - Ploesoma molle
      Species - Ploesoma triacanthum
      Species - Ploesoma formosum
      Species - Ploesoma hudsoni