NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Order

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: complete
Latest Record Review: 2015

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Class - Palaeacanthocephala
  Phylum - Acanthocephala
  Superphylum - Platyzoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Family - Arhythmacanthidae
      Family - Diplosentidae
      Family - Echinorhynchidae
      Family - Fessisentidae
      Family - Pomphorhynchidae
      Family - Rhadinorhynchidae
      Family - Cavisomidae
      Family - Heteracanthocephalidae
      Family - Illiosentidae
      Family - Transvenidae
      Family - Gymnorhadinorhynchidae
      Family - Isthmosacanthidae
      Family - Sauracanthorhynchidae