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 - Guineoscolex bolamensis
      Species - Guineoscolex coronatus
      Species - Guineoscolex geminatus
      Species - Guineoscolex inaequalis
      Species - Guineoscolex kakulimana
      Species - Guineoscolex mammillatus
      Species - Guineoscolex microscolecinus
      Species - Guineoscolex minusculus
      Species - Guineoscolex nimbai
      Species - Guineoscolex peridiverticulatus
      Species - Guineoscolex silvestrii
      Species - Guineoscolex ungulatus