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 - Microscolex algeriensis
      Species - Microscolex algoensis
      Species - Microscolex benhami
      Species - Microscolex collislupi
      Species - Microscolex dubius
      Species - Microscolex enzersbergeri
      Species - Microscolex hempeli
      Species - Microscolex heteropora
      Species - Microscolex horsti
      Species - Microscolex hyalochaeta
      Species - Microscolex luisae
      Species - Microscolex luykeni
      Species - Microscolex macquariensis
      Species - Microscolex monticola
      Species - Microscolex phosphoreus
      Species - Microscolex rivalis
      Species - Microscolex troyeri
      Species - Microscolex tyagarah