NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Superfamily

Taxonomic Status

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

Taxonomic Heirarchy

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

      Direct Children

      Family - Homocaligidae
      Family - Stigmaeidae
      Family - Mecognathidae
      Family - Eupalopsellidae
      Family - Raphignathidae
      Family - Camerobiidae
      Family - Xenocaligonellididae
      Family - Dasythyreidae
      Family - Barbutiidae
      Family - Caligonellidae
      Family - Cryptognathidae