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

      Direct Children

      Species - Metadesmolaimus aduncus
      Species - Metadesmolaimus labiosetosus
      Species - Metadesmolaimus tersus
      Species - Metadesmolaimus hamatus
      Species - Metadesmolaimus pandus