NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Family

Taxonomic Status

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

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Order - Ascaridida
  Class - Chromadorea
  Phylum - Nematoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Genus - Phocanema
      Genus - Contracaecum
      Genus - Phocascaris
      Genus - Anisakis
      Genus - Rhaphidascaris
      Genus - Thynnascaris
      Genus - Terranova
      Genus - Goezia
      Genus - Paranisakis
      Genus - Heterotyphlum
      Genus - Raphidascaroides