Position in a system
| 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 | Radiata Linnaeus, 1758 |
| phylum | Cnidaria Hatschek, 1888 - anemones, corals and jellyfish |
| class | Hydrozoa Owen, 1843 - hydra and freshwater jellyfish |
| order | Trachymedusae |
| family | Halicreatidae Fewkes, 1886 |
| genus | Botrynema Browne, 1908 |
| species | Botrynema brucei Browne, 1908 |