NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Metaphire
  Family - Megascolecidae
  Superfamily - Megascolecoidea
  Suborder - Crassiclitellata
  Order - Opisthopora
  Superorder - Metagynophora
  Class - Clitellata
  Phylum - Annelida
  Superphylum - Lophozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Subspecies - Metaphire varellana gilva
      Subspecies - Metaphire varellana varellana