NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

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

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Polymorphidae
  Order - Polymorphida
  Class - Palaeacanthocephala
  Phylum - Acanthocephala
  Superphylum - Platyzoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Bolbosoma caenoforme
      Species - Bolbosoma nipponicum
      Species - Bolbosoma vasculosum
      Species - Bolbosoma turbinella
      Species - Bolbosoma balaenae
      Species - Bolbosoma brevicolle
      Species - Bolbosoma capitatum
      Species - Bolbosoma hamiltoni
      Species - Bolbosoma scomberomori
      Species - Bolbosoma tuberculata
      Species - Bolbosoma australis
      Species - Bolbosoma heteracanthe