NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Limnodrilus
  Subfamily - Tubificinae
  Family - Naididae
  Order - Tubificida
  Subclass - Tubificata
  Class - Clitellata
  Phylum - Annelida
  Superphylum - Lophozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Subspecies - Limnodrilus hoffmeisteri hoffmeisteri
      Subspecies - Limnodrilus hoffmeisteri spiralis