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 - Stenasellidae
  Superfamily - Aselloidea
  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 - Metastenasellus congolensis
      Species - Metastenasellus dartevellei
      Species - Metastenasellus leleupi
      Species - Metastenasellus leysi
      Species - Metastenasellus powelli
      Species - Metastenasellus tarrissei
      Species - Metastenasellus wikkiensis