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 - Pleionogaster abayensis
      Species - Pleionogaster bicolensis
      Species - Pleionogaster bulusanensis
      Species - Pleionogaster caramoanensis
      Species - Pleionogaster castilloi
      Species - Pleionogaster ffitchae
      Species - Pleionogaster hongi
      Species - Pleionogaster horsti
      Species - Pleionogaster isarogensis
      Species - Pleionogaster jagori
      Species - Pleionogaster kitangladensis
      Species - Pleionogaster malinaoensis
      Species - Pleionogaster nautsae
      Species - Pleionogaster nillosae
      Species - Pleionogaster samariensis
      Species - Pleionogaster sivickisi
      Species - Pleionogaster sorsogonensis
      Species - Pleionogaster ternate
      Species - Pleionogaster tiwiensis
      Species - Pleionogaster valida
      Species - Pleionogaster viracensis