NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: partial
Latest Record Review: 1999

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Subfamily - Platybdellinae
  Family - Piscicolidae
  Suborder - Rhynchobdellida
  Order - Hirudinida
  Subclass - Lumbriculata
  Class - Clitellata
  Phylum - Annelida
  Superphylum - Lophozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Malmiana diminuta
      Species - Malmiana virida
      Species - Malmiana brunnea
      Species - Malmiana bubali
      Species - Malmiana yorki
      Species - Malmiana philotherma
      Species - Malmiana scorpii