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

  Subfamily - Gorgorhynchinae
  Family - Rhadinorhynchidae
  Order - Echinorhynchida
  Class - Palaeacanthocephala
  Phylum - Acanthocephala
  Superphylum - Platyzoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Leptorhynchoides thecatus
      Species - Leptorhynchoides plagicephalus
      Species - Leptorhynchoides aphredoderi
      Species - Leptorhynchoides polycristatus
      Species - Leptorhynchoides nebularosis
      Species - Leptorhynchoides apoglyphicus
      Species - Leptorhynchoides macrorchis
      Species - Leptorhynchoides acanthidion
      Species - Leptorhynchoides seminolus
      Species - Leptorhynchoides atlanteus