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

      Direct Children

      Species - Pontoscolex corethrurus
      Species - Pontoscolex cuasi
      Species - Pontoscolex cynthiae
      Species - Pontoscolex franzi
      Species - Pontoscolex hingstoni
      Species - Pontoscolex hystrix
      Species - Pontoscolex kuneguara
      Species - Pontoscolex lilljeborgi
      Species - Pontoscolex maracaensis
      Species - Pontoscolex melissae
      Species - Pontoscolex nogueirai
      Species - Pontoscolex pydanieli
      Species - Pontoscolex spiralis
      Species - Pontoscolex vairemensis
      Species - Pontoscolex vandersleeni