NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: partial
Latest Record Review: 2005

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Gnathiidae
  Suborder - Gnathiidea
  Order - Isopoda
  Superorder - Peracarida
  Subclass - Eumalacostraca
  Class - Malacostraca
  Subphylum - Crustacea
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Elaphognathia amboinensis
      Species - Elaphognathia bacescoi
      Species - Elaphognathia bifurcilla
      Species - Elaphognathia cornigera
      Species - Elaphognathia discolor
      Species - Elaphognathia ferox
      Species - Elaphognathia forceps
      Species - Elaphognathia froygattella
      Species - Elaphognathia insolita
      Species - Elaphognathia lucanoides
      Species - Elaphognathia monodi
      Species - Elaphognathia rangifer
      Species - Elaphognathia rimifrons
      Species - Elaphognathia sugashimaensis
      Species - Elaphognathia wolffi