| system | Vitae - living organisms |
| domain | Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis, 1978 - lifeforms with nucletic cells |
| superregnum | Unikonta |
| system | Opisthokonta Cavalier-Smith, 1987 |
| kingdom | Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals |
| subregnum | Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910 |
| divisio | Bilateria Hatschek, 1888 |
| subdivisio | Protostomia Grobben, 1908 - protostomes |
| phylum | Nematoda - nematodes |
| class | Secernentea |
| order | Rhabditida |
| suborder | Rhabditina |
| superfamily | Cephaloboidea |
| family | Cephalobidae |
| genus | Acrobeles Linstow, 1877 |
| species | Acrobeles ctenocephalus Thorne, 1925 |