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: 2012

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Sparganophilidae
  Suborder - Crassiclitellata
  Order - Opisthopora
  Superorder - Metagynophora
  Class - Clitellata
  Phylum - Annelida
  Superphylum - Lophozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Sparganophilus tamesis
      Species - Sparganophilus smithi
      Species - Sparganophilus gatesi
      Species - Sparganophilus helenae
      Species - Sparganophilus komareki
      Species - Sparganophilus kristinae
      Species - Sparganophilus langi
      Species - Sparganophilus meansi
      Species - Sparganophilus pearsei
      Species - Sparganophilus sonomae
      Species - Sparganophilus tennesseensis
      Species - Sparganophilus wilmae