NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Order

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: complete
Latest Record Review: 2005

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Class - Eutardigrada
  Phylum - Tardigrada
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Family - Macrobiotidae
      Family - Beornidae
      Family - Eohypsibiidae
      Family - Calohypsibiidae
      Family - Hypsibiidae
      Family - Microhypsibiidae
      Family - Necopinatidae