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

      Direct Children

      Species - Melinna cristata
      Species - Melinna denticulata
      Species - Melinna elisabethae
      Species - Melinna maculata
      Species - Melinna heterodonta
      Species - Melinna oculata
      Species - Melinna palmata
      Species - Melinna monoceroides
      Species - Melinna exilia
      Species - Melinna islandica