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 - Philometridae
  Superfamily - Dracunculoidea
  Order - Camallanida
  Class - Chromadorea
  Phylum - Nematoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Philometra rubra
      Species - Philometra americana
      Species - Philometra cephalus
      Species - Philometra agubernaculum
      Species - Philometra kondai
      Species - Philometra oncorhynchi