NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: unknown
Latest Record Review: 2004

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Melitidae
  Suborder - Gammaridea
  Order - Amphipoda
  Superorder - Peracarida
  Subclass - Eumalacostraca
  Class - Malacostraca
  Subphylum - Crustacea
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Abludomelita gladiosa
      Species - Abludomelita obtusata
      Species - Abludomelita abyssorum
      Species - Abludomelita aculeata
      Species - Abludomelita amoena
      Species - Abludomelita awa
      Species - Abludomelita californica
      Species - Abludomelita denticulata
      Species - Abludomelita desdichada
      Species - Abludomelita festiva
      Species - Abludomelita flavys
      Species - Abludomelita formosa
      Species - Abludomelita inaequistylis
      Species - Abludomelita japonica
      Species - Abludomelita kodiakensis
      Species - Abludomelita lignophila
      Species - Abludomelita machaera
      Species - Abludomelita matilda
      Species - Abludomelita mucronata
      Species - Abludomelita oba
      Species - Abludomelita reidi
      Species - Abludomelita richardi
      Species - Abludomelita rylovae
      Species - Abludomelita sexstachya
      Species - Abludomelita somovae
      Species - Abludomelita valesi
      Species - Abludomelita valida