NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Suborder

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: complete
Latest Record Review: 2015

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Order - Opisthopora
  Superorder - Metagynophora
  Class - Clitellata
  Phylum - Annelida
  Superphylum - Lophozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Family - Sparganophilidae
      Family - Glossoscolecidae
      Family - Eudrilidae
      Superfamily - Lumbricoidea
      Superfamily - Megascolecoidea
      Family - Almidae
      Family - Biwadrilidae
      Family - Komarekionidae
      Family - Kynotidae
      Family - Microchaetidae
      Family - Tumakidae
      Family - Rhinodrilidae
      Family - Tritogeniidae