NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Order

Taxonomic Status

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

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Superorder - Gnesiotrocha
  Subclass - Monogononta
  Class - Monogonta
  Phylum - Rotifera
  Superphylum - Platyzoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Family - Testudinellidae
      Family - Hexarthridae
      Family - Flosculariidae
      Family - Conochilidae
      Family - Filiniidae
      Family - Trochosphaeridae