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 - Spionidae
  Order - Spionida
  Infraclass - Canalipalpata
  Subclass - Sedentaria
  Class - Polychaeta
  Phylum - Annelida
  Superphylum - Lophozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Prionospio malmgreni
      Species - Prionospio heterobranchia
      Species - Prionospio pinnata
      Species - Prionospio steenstrupi
      Species - Prionospio pygmaea
      Species - Prionospio polybranchiata
      Species - Prionospio cristata
      Species - Prionospio fallax
      Species - Prionospio treadwelli
      Species - Prionospio ehlersi
      Species - Prionospio lobulata
      Species - Prionospio perkinsi
      Species - Prionospio tenuis
      Species - Prionospio fauchaldi
      Species - Prionospio aluta
      Species - Prionospio lighti
      Species - Prionospio banyulensis
      Species - Prionospio plumosa
      Species - Prionospio caspersi