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 - Vesiculodrilus albus
      Species - Vesiculodrilus ansoni
      Species - Vesiculodrilus apris
      Species - Vesiculodrilus borealis
      Species - Vesiculodrilus bronte
      Species - Vesiculodrilus brunyi
      Species - Vesiculodrilus bufalus
      Species - Vesiculodrilus canaliculatus
      Species - Vesiculodrilus culminis
      Species - Vesiculodrilus cuneatus
      Species - Vesiculodrilus cygnus
      Species - Vesiculodrilus dendrophagus
      Species - Vesiculodrilus duodecithecatus
      Species - Vesiculodrilus emu
      Species - Vesiculodrilus fictilis
      Species - Vesiculodrilus fingal
      Species - Vesiculodrilus fonsager
      Species - Vesiculodrilus frenchi
      Species - Vesiculodrilus glandiferus
      Species - Vesiculodrilus gracilis
      Species - Vesiculodrilus gryps
      Species - Vesiculodrilus hobartensis
      Species - Vesiculodrilus inornatus
      Species - Vesiculodrilus insularis
      Species - Vesiculodrilus lateralis
      Species - Vesiculodrilus lepidus
      Species - Vesiculodrilus lilliputensis
      Species - Vesiculodrilus marian
      Species - Vesiculodrilus maritimus
      Species - Vesiculodrilus mathinna
      Species - Vesiculodrilus melaleuteus
      Species - Vesiculodrilus mesibovi
      Species - Vesiculodrilus metandris
      Species - Vesiculodrilus mortoni
      Species - Vesiculodrilus narcissus
      Species - Vesiculodrilus nivalis
      Species - Vesiculodrilus octothecatus
      Species - Vesiculodrilus oeconomicus
      Species - Vesiculodrilus parattah
      Species - Vesiculodrilus pennyae
      Species - Vesiculodrilus pollex
      Species - Vesiculodrilus prospectus
      Species - Vesiculodrilus pulchellus
      Species - Vesiculodrilus purpureus
      Species - Vesiculodrilus quadruparus
      Species - Vesiculodrilus recessus
      Species - Vesiculodrilus santaclairis
      Species - Vesiculodrilus symmetricus
      Species - Vesiculodrilus tasmanianus
      Species - Vesiculodrilus tunnackensis
      Species - Vesiculodrilus ventralis
      Species - Vesiculodrilus zeehan