NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Scherotheca
  Family - Lumbricidae
  Superfamily - Lumbricoidea
  Suborder - Crassiclitellata
  Order - Opisthopora
  Superorder - Metagynophora
  Class - Clitellata
  Phylum - Annelida
  Superphylum - Lophozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Subspecies - Scherotheca gigas aquitania
      Subspecies - Scherotheca gigas dinoscolex
      Subspecies - Scherotheca gigas gigas
      Subspecies - Scherotheca gigas heraultensis
      Subspecies - Scherotheca gigas mifuga
      Subspecies - Scherotheca gigas orbiensis
      Subspecies - Scherotheca gigas rhodana