NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Subgenus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

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

      Direct Children

      Species - Diphascon arduifrons
      Species - Diphascon behanae
      Species - Diphascon belgicae
      Species - Diphascon carolae
      Species - Diphascon clavatum
      Species - Diphascon gordonense
      Species - Diphascon greveni
      Species - Diphascon maucci
      Species - Diphascon modestum
      Species - Diphascon montigenum
      Species - Diphascon onorei
      Species - Diphascon prorsirostre
      Species - Diphascon scoticum
      Species - Diphascon tricuspidatum
      Species - Diphascon triodon