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: 2006

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Subfamily - Chordodinae
  Family - Chordodidae
  Order - Gordioidea
  Phylum - Nematomorpha
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Spinochordodes tellinii
      Species - Spinochordodes baeri
      Species - Spinochordodes actiniphorus
      Species - Spinochordodes vitiferus
      Species - Spinochordodes piliferus
      Species - Spinochordodes cameranoi