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

      Direct Children

      Species - Brania brevipharyngea
      Species - Brania clavata
      Species - Brania wellfleetensis
      Species - Brania tenuicirrata
      Species - Brania furcelligera
      Species - Brania pusilla
      Species - Brania gallagheri
      Species - Brania swedmarki
      Species - Brania limbata