NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: No review; untreated NODC data
Global Species Completeness: unknown
Latest Record Review: unknown

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Teratocephalidae
  Order - Araeolaimida
  Subclass - Chromadoria
  Class - Chromadorea
  Phylum - Nematoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Teratocephalus annulatus
      Species - Teratocephalus dadayi
      Species - Teratocephalus lirellus
      Species - Teratocephalus spiralis
      Species - Teratocephalus tenuis
      Species - Teratocephalus terrestris
      Species - Teratocephalus micrurus
      Species - Teratocephalus hemisphaericus
      Species - Teratocephalus brevicaudatus
      Species - Teratocephalus subvexus
      Species - Teratocephalus costatus
      Species - Teratocephalus decarinus
      Species - Teratocephalus cornutus