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

      Direct Children

      Species - Gemascolex bursatus
      Species - Gemascolex crateroides
      Species - Gemascolex disparatus
      Species - Gemascolex dorsalis
      Species - Gemascolex flindersi
      Species - Gemascolex gelasinus
      Species - Gemascolex gracilis
      Species - Gemascolex lateralis
      Species - Gemascolex mirabilis
      Species - Gemascolex newmani
      Species - Gemascolex octothetacus
      Species - Gemascolex similis
      Species - Gemascolex stirlingi
      Species - Gemascolex terangiensis
      Species - Gemascolex walkeri