NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: complete
Latest Record Review: 1994

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Acanthaspidiidae
  Superfamily - Janiroidea
  Suborder - Asellota
  Order - Isopoda
  Superorder - Peracarida
  Subclass - Eumalacostraca
  Class - Malacostraca
  Subphylum - Crustacea
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Acanthaspidia acanthonotus
      Species - Acanthaspidia bifurcata
      Species - Acanthaspidia bifurcatoides
      Species - Acanthaspidia curtispinosa
      Species - Acanthaspidia decorata
      Species - Acanthaspidia drygalskii
      Species - Acanthaspidia hanseni
      Species - Acanthaspidia iolanthoidea
      Species - Acanthaspidia laevis
      Species - Acanthaspidia longiramosa
      Species - Acanthaspidia mucronata
      Species - Acanthaspidia natalensis
      Species - Acanthaspidia neonotus
      Species - Acanthaspidia pleuronotus
      Species - Acanthaspidia porrecta
      Species - Acanthaspidia rostrata
      Species - Acanthaspidia sulcatacornia
      Species - Acanthaspidia typhlops