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

      Direct Children

      Species - Microchaetus microchaetus
      Species - Microchaetus braunsi
      Species - Microchaetus decipiens
      Species - Microchaetus klopperi
      Species - Microchaetus papillatus
      Species - Microchaetus rappi
      Species - Microchaetus stuckenbergi
      Species - Microchaetus vernoni