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

      Direct Children

      Species - Marphysa sanguinea
      Species - Marphysa belli
      Species - Marphysa stylobranchiata
      Species - Marphysa aransensis
      Species - Marphysa regalis
      Species - Marphysa depressa
      Species - Marphysa conferta
      Species - Marphysa disjuncta
      Species - Marphysa mortenseni
      Species - Marphysa bifurcata
      Species - Marphysa posteriobranchia
      Species - Marphysa capensis
      Species - Marphysa brevitentaculata
      Species - Marphysa nobilis
      Species - Marphysa macintoshi
      Species - Marphysa fallax