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 - Murrayinae
  Family - Macrobiotidae
  Order - Parachela
  Class - Eutardigrada
  Phylum - Tardigrada
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Dactylobiotus ambiguus
      Species - Dactylobiotus ampullaceus
      Species - Dactylobiotus caldarellai
      Species - Dactylobiotus dervizi
      Species - Dactylobiotus dispar
      Species - Dactylobiotus grandipes
      Species - Dactylobiotus haplonyx
      Species - Dactylobiotus lombardoi
      Species - Dactylobiotus macronyx
      Species - Dactylobiotus parthenogeneticus
      Species - Dactylobiotus selenicus
      Species - Dactylobiotus aquatilis
      Species - Dactylobiotus octavi