NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Order

Taxonomic Status

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

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Class - Arachnida
  Subphylum - Chelicerata
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Family - Chactidae
      Family - Buthidae
      Family - Bothriuridae
      Family - Chaerilidae
      Family - Diplocentridae
      Family - Euscorpiidae
      Family - Heteroscorpionidae
      Family - Ischnuridae
      Family - Iuridae
      Family - Microcharmidae
      Family - Pseudochactidae
      Family - Scorpionidae
      Family - Scorpiopidae
      Family - Superstitioniidae
      Family - Troglotayosicidae
      Family - Vaejovidae