NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Epiperipatus
  Family - Peripatidae
  Order - Euonycophora
  Class - Udeonycophora
  Phylum - Onychophora
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Subspecies - Epiperipatus brasiliensis brasiliensis
      Subspecies - Epiperipatus brasiliensis vagans