NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Subgenus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Metabelba
  Family - Damaeidae
  Superfamily - Damaeoidea
  Infraorder - Brachypylina
  Suborder - Oribatida
  Order - Sarcoptiformes
  Superorder - Acariformes
  Subclass - Acari
  Class - Arachnida
  Subphylum - Chelicerata
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Metabelba aphelesa
      Species - Metabelba benoiti
      Species - Metabelba filippovae
      Species - Metabelba flagelliseta
      Species - Metabelba glabriseta
      Species - Metabelba heteropoda
      Species - Metabelba horrida
      Species - Metabelba machadoi
      Species - Metabelba monilipeda
      Species - Metabelba obtusa
      Species - Metabelba orientalis
      Species - Metabelba papillipes
      Species - Metabelba paraitalica
      Species - Metabelba parapulverosa
      Species - Metabelba propexa
      Species - Metabelba propinqua
      Species - Metabelba pseudoitalica
      Species - Metabelba pulverulenta
      Species - Metabelba rara
      Species - Metabelba rohdendorfi
      Species - Metabelba singularis
      Species - Metabelba tanganyikensis