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 - Sphaerolaimidae
  Order - Monhysterida
  Subclass - Chromadoria
  Class - Chromadorea
  Phylum - Nematoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Sphaerolaimus balticus
      Species - Sphaerolaimus abyssorum
      Species - Sphaerolaimus gracilis
      Species - Sphaerolaimus penicillus
      Species - Sphaerolaimus hirsutus
      Species - Sphaerolaimus dispar
      Species - Sphaerolaimus anterides
      Species - Sphaerolaimus brevicollis
      Species - Sphaerolaimus duplex
      Species - Sphaerolaimus islandicus
      Species - Sphaerolaimus lodosus
      Species - Sphaerolaimus megamphis
      Species - Sphaerolaimus pacificus
      Species - Sphaerolaimus paradoxus
      Species - Sphaerolaimus polaris
      Species - Sphaerolaimus striatus
      Species - Sphaerolaimus uncinatus