NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Malaclemys
  Subfamily - Deirochelyinae
  Family - Emydidae
  Superfamily - Testudinoidea
  Suborder - Cryptodira
  Order - Testudines
  Class - Reptilia
  Superclass - Tetrapoda
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Subspecies - Malaclemys terrapin terrapin
      Subspecies - Malaclemys terrapin centrata
      Subspecies - Malaclemys terrapin littoralis
      Subspecies - Malaclemys terrapin macrospilota
      Subspecies - Malaclemys terrapin pileata
      Subspecies - Malaclemys terrapin rhizophorarum
      Subspecies - Malaclemys terrapin tequesta