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

      Direct Children

      Species - Ancistrosyllis hamata
      Species - Ancistrosyllis hartmanae
      Species - Ancistrosyllis jonesi
      Species - Ancistrosyllis groenlandica
      Species - Ancistrosyllis papillosa
      Species - Ancistrosyllis carolinensis
      Species - Ancistrosyllis commensalis
      Species - Ancistrosyllis matsunagaensis
      Species - Ancistrosyllis breviceps