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

  Subfamily - Diphasconinae
  Family - Hypsibiidae
  Order - Parachela
  Class - Eutardigrada
  Phylum - Tardigrada
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Subgenus - Diphascon (Diphascon)
      Subgenus - Diphascon (Adropion)
      Species - Diphascon bicorne
      Species - Diphascon coniferens
      Species - Diphascon mariae
      Species - Diphascon marcuzzii
      Species - Diphascon punctatum
      Species - Diphascon speciosum
      Species - Diphascon rivulare