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: 2015

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Polymorphidae
  Order - Polymorphida
  Class - Palaeacanthocephala
  Phylum - Acanthocephala
  Superphylum - Platyzoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Profilicollis botulus
      Species - Profilicollis arcticus
      Species - Profilicollis altmani
      Species - Profilicollis antarcticus
      Species - Profilicollis chasmagnathi
      Species - Profilicollis formosus
      Species - Profilicollis major
      Species - Profilicollis novaezelandensis
      Species - Profilicollis sphaerocephalus