NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Suborder

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: complete
Latest Record Review: 2005

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Order - Bursovaginoidea
  Phylum - Gnathostomulida
  Superphylum - Platyzoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Family - Gnathostomariidae
      Family - Rastrognathiidae
      Family - Clausognathiidae
      Family - Agnathiellidae
      Family - Mesognathariidae
      Family - Paucidentulidae
      Family - Problognathiidae
      Family - Onychognathiidae
      Family - Gnathostomulidae