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 - Planapheretima ambulatrix
      Species - Planapheretima arboricola
      Species - Planapheretima bambophilia
      Species - Planapheretima celebensis
      Species - Planapheretima continens
      Species - Planapheretima frondicola
      Species - Planapheretima hasselti
      Species - Planapheretima hirudinaria
      Species - Planapheretima lacertina
      Species - Planapheretima maculata
      Species - Planapheretima moultoni
      Species - Planapheretima nieuwenhuisi
      Species - Planapheretima pallescens
      Species - Planapheretima rarusa
      Species - Planapheretima rufomaculata
      Species - Planapheretima scandens
      Species - Planapheretima sera
      Species - Planapheretima subulatus
      Species - Planapheretima tenebrica
      Species - Planapheretima plumatomusculata