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 - Perionychella annandalei
      Species - Perionychella bitheca
      Species - Perionychella dilwynnia
      Species - Perionychella eruca
      Species - Perionychella glandifera
      Species - Perionychella inconstans
      Species - Perionychella irregularis
      Species - Perionychella lacustris
      Species - Perionychella myrtea
      Species - Perionychella nainiana
      Species - Perionychella purpureus
      Species - Perionychella richea
      Species - Perionychella sikkimensis
      Species - Perionychella simlaensis
      Species - Perionychella strzeleckii
      Species - Perionychella variegata
      Species - Perionychella variegogata