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 - Megascolides albus
      Species - Megascolides antrophyes
      Species - Megascolides attenuatus
      Species - Megascolides australis
      Species - Megascolides bagomaraglensis
      Species - Megascolides cameroni
      Species - Megascolides cataractus
      Species - Megascolides catenastagnis
      Species - Megascolides croesus
      Species - Megascolides diaphanus
      Species - Megascolides eucalypti
      Species - Megascolides fontis
      Species - Megascolides fuscus
      Species - Megascolides halyi
      Species - Megascolides hastatus
      Species - Megascolides hulmei
      Species - Megascolides illawarrae
      Species - Megascolides improbus
      Species - Megascolides incertus
      Species - Megascolides insignis
      Species - Megascolides intestinalis
      Species - Megascolides irregularis
      Species - Megascolides jotaylorae
      Species - Megascolides laffani
      Species - Megascolides maestus
      Species - Megascolides manni
      Species - Megascolides mawarrae
      Species - Megascolides napierensis
      Species - Megascolides neglectus
      Species - Megascolides nokanenaensis
      Species - Megascolides obscurus
      Species - Megascolides oneilli
      Species - Megascolides oppidanus
      Species - Megascolides orthostichon
      Species - Megascolides parvus
      Species - Megascolides punctatus
      Species - Megascolides pygmaeus
      Species - Megascolides raglani
      Species - Megascolides roseus
      Species - Megascolides ruber
      Species - Megascolides rubicundus
      Species - Megascolides salmo
      Species - Megascolides sanctorum
      Species - Megascolides singhalensis
      Species - Megascolides sinuosus
      Species - Megascolides steeli
      Species - Megascolides tasmani
      Species - Megascolides tener
      Species - Megascolides tisdalli
      Species - Megascolides tortuosus
      Species - Megascolides umbonis
      Species - Megascolides victoriensis
      Species - Megascolides viridis
      Species - Megascolides volvens
      Species - Megascolides warragulensis
      Species - Megascolides xanthus