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: 2005

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Rhopaluridae
  Order - Plasmodigenea
  Phylum - Orthonectida
  Superphylum - Platyzoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Rhopalura elongata
      Species - Rhopalura granosa
      Species - Rhopalura philinae
      Species - Rhopalura ophiocomae
      Species - Rhopalura murmanica
      Species - Rhopalura litoralis
      Species - Rhopalura major
      Species - Rhopalura sanguinea