NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

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

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Acanthodrilidae
  Superfamily - Megascolecoidea
  Suborder - Crassiclitellata
  Order - Opisthopora
  Superorder - Metagynophora
  Class - Clitellata
  Phylum - Annelida
  Superphylum - Lophozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Acanthodrilus affinis
      Species - Acanthodrilus annectens
      Species - Acanthodrilus beddardi
      Species - Acanthodrilus canalanus
      Species - Acanthodrilus capensis
      Species - Acanthodrilus cavaticus
      Species - Acanthodrilus chabaudi
      Species - Acanthodrilus chevalieri
      Species - Acanthodrilus coneensis
      Species - Acanthodrilus fabresi
      Species - Acanthodrilus foanus
      Species - Acanthodrilus haplocystis
      Species - Acanthodrilus humboldti
      Species - Acanthodrilus ignambii
      Species - Acanthodrilus kerguelenensis
      Species - Acanthodrilus kermadecensis
      Species - Acanthodrilus koghis
      Species - Acanthodrilus lacuum
      Species - Acanthodrilus layardi
      Species - Acanthodrilus longicystis
      Species - Acanthodrilus macleayi
      Species - Acanthodrilus natalicius
      Species - Acanthodrilus obtusus
      Species - Acanthodrilus oubatcheanus
      Species - Acanthodrilus paniensis
      Species - Acanthodrilus paripapillatus
      Species - Acanthodrilus perrieri
      Species - Acanthodrilus platei
      Species - Acanthodrilus rouxi
      Species - Acanthodrilus ruber
      Species - Acanthodrilus sarasini
      Species - Acanthodrilus silvester
      Species - Acanthodrilus tamajusi
      Species - Acanthodrilus ungulatus
      Species - Acanthodrilus vasliti
      Species - Acanthodrilus yateensis