NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: unknown
Latest Record Review: 1997

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Polynoidae
  Order - Phyllodocida
  Subclass - Errantia
  Class - Polychaeta
  Phylum - Annelida
  Superphylum - Lophozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Scalisetosus acutipinnis
      Species - Scalisetosus ceramensis
      Species - Scalisetosus pacificus
      Species - Scalisetosus willeyi