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

      Direct Children

      Species - Platynereis bicanaliculata
      Species - Platynereis agassizi
      Species - Platynereis dumerilii
      Species - Platynereis polyscalma
      Species - Platynereis australis
      Species - Platynereis abnormis
      Species - Platynereis pulchella
      Species - Platynereis magalhaensis
      Species - Platynereis coccinea
      Species - Platynereis massiliensis