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 - Maoridrilus alpinus
      Species - Maoridrilus carnosus
      Species - Maoridrilus dissimilis
      Species - Maoridrilus fuscus
      Species - Maoridrilus gravus
      Species - Maoridrilus intermedius
      Species - Maoridrilus mauiensis
      Species - Maoridrilus megacystis
      Species - Maoridrilus michaelseni
      Species - Maoridrilus minor
      Species - Maoridrilus modestus
      Species - Maoridrilus montanus
      Species - Maoridrilus neglectus
      Species - Maoridrilus nelsoni
      Species - Maoridrilus novaezelandiae
      Species - Maoridrilus pallidus
      Species - Maoridrilus parkeri
      Species - Maoridrilus plumbeus
      Species - Maoridrilus purus
      Species - Maoridrilus rosae
      Species - Maoridrilus ruber
      Species - Maoridrilus smithi
      Species - Maoridrilus subicundus
      Species - Maoridrilus suteri
      Species - Maoridrilus tetragonorus
      Species - Maoridrilus thomsoni
      Species - Maoridrilus transaplinus
      Species - Maoridrilus ultimus
      Species - Maoridrilus volutus
      Species - Maoridrilus wilkini