NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Subgenus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Pheretima
  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 - Pheretima aberrans
      Species - Pheretima alkmaarica
      Species - Pheretima barbara
      Species - Pheretima beauforti
      Species - Pheretima bernhardi
      Species - Pheretima buentei
      Species - Pheretima hellwigiana
      Species - Pheretima koellikeri
      Species - Pheretima pluviosa
      Species - Pheretima rufa
      Species - Pheretima saba
      Species - Pheretima schultzei
      Species - Pheretima sermowaiana
      Species - Pheretima turneri
      Species - Pheretima utekwana
      Species - Pheretima wendessiana