NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: partial
Latest Record Review: 2012

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Pionidae
  Superfamily - Hygrobatoidea
  Suborder - Prostigmata
  Order - Trombidiformes
  Superorder - Acariformes
  Subclass - Acari
  Class - Arachnida
  Subphylum - Chelicerata
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Forelia borealis
      Species - Forelia cooki
      Species - Forelia cursor
      Species - Forelia liliacea
      Species - Forelia ovalis
      Species - Forelia siegasiana
      Species - Forelia americana
      Species - Forelia cayuga
      Species - Forelia onondaga
      Species - Forelia pinguipalpis
      Species - Forelia floridensis