NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

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

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Gnathostomulidae
  Suborder - Scleroperalia
  Order - Bursovaginoidea
  Phylum - Gnathostomulida
  Superphylum - Platyzoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Gnathostomula algreti
      Species - Gnathostomula arabica
      Species - Gnathostomula armata
      Species - Gnathostomula axi
      Species - Gnathostomula brunidens
      Species - Gnathostomula costata
      Species - Gnathostomula jenneri
      Species - Gnathostomula karlingi
      Species - Gnathostomula maldivarum
      Species - Gnathostomula maorica
      Species - Gnathostomula mediocristata
      Species - Gnathostomula mediterranea
      Species - Gnathostomula microstyla
      Species - Gnathostomula murmanica
      Species - Gnathostomula nigrostoma
      Species - Gnathostomula paradoxa
      Species - Gnathostomula peregrina
      Species - Gnathostomula raji
      Species - Gnathostomula salotae
      Species - Gnathostomula uncinata