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

      Direct Children

      Species - Macrochiridothea australis
      Species - Macrochiridothea giambiagiae
      Species - Macrochiridothea kruimeli
      Species - Macrochiridothea lilianae
      Species - Macrochiridothea marcusi
      Species - Macrochiridothea mehuinensis
      Species - Macrochiridothea michaelseni
      Species - Macrochiridothea robusta
      Species - Macrochiridothea setifer
      Species - Macrochiridothea stebbingi
      Species - Macrochiridothea uncinata