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 - Octochaetus antarcticus
      Species - Octochaetus brucei
      Species - Octochaetus castellanus
      Species - Octochaetus huttoni
      Species - Octochaetus kapitiensis
      Species - Octochaetus michaelseni
      Species - Octochaetus multiporus
      Species - Octochaetus pattoni
      Species - Octochaetus pelorus
      Species - Octochaetus phillotti
      Species - Octochaetus ravus
      Species - Octochaetus sylvestris
      Species - Octochaetus thomasi
      Species - Octochaetus tricystis