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 - Spenceriella argillae
      Species - Spenceriella bennetti
      Species - Spenceriella calamonis
      Species - Spenceriella campestris
      Species - Spenceriella conondalei
      Species - Spenceriella cormieri
      Species - Spenceriella crateris
      Species - Spenceriella curtisi
      Species - Spenceriella difficilis
      Species - Spenceriella hollowayi
      Species - Spenceriella howeana
      Species - Spenceriella imparicystis
      Species - Spenceriella minor
      Species - Spenceriella noticula
      Species - Spenceriella pallida
      Species - Spenceriella penolaensis
      Species - Spenceriella pilularis
      Species - Spenceriella pusilla
      Species - Spenceriella saundersi
      Species - Spenceriella thannae
      Species - Spenceriella variabilis
      Species - Spenceriella virgultis
      Species - Spenceriella xylicola