Kingdom [Animalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
   Subkingdom Metazoa Haeckel, 1874 see Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758
     Division Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910 see Subkingdom Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910
       Subdivision Bilateralia
         Phylum Asc-helminthes
           Class Nematoda Gegenbaur, 1859
             Subclass Secernentea
               Order Spirurida Railliet, 1914
                 Genus Dracunculus Reichard, 1759
                   Dracunculus medinensis