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 - Opheliidae
  Infraclass - Scolecida
  Subclass - Sedentaria
  Class - Polychaeta
  Phylum - Annelida
  Superphylum - Lophozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Ophelina abranchiata
      Species - Ophelina groenlandica
      Species - Ophelina aulogaster
      Species - Ophelina breviata
      Species - Ophelina cylindricaudata
      Species - Ophelina pallida
      Species - Ophelina acuminata
      Species - Ophelina aulogastrella
      Species - Ophelina hachaensis
      Species - Ophelina fimbriata
      Species - Ophelina modesta
      Species - Ophelina norvegica