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 - Axiidae
  Superfamily - Axioidea
  Infraorder - Thalassinidea
  Suborder - Pleocyemata
  Order - Decapoda
  Superorder - Eucarida
  Subclass - Eumalacostraca
  Class - Malacostraca
  Subphylum - Crustacea
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Acanthaxius amakusana
      Species - Acanthaxius formosa
      Species - Acanthaxius grandis
      Species - Acanthaxius hirsutimanus
      Species - Acanthaxius kirkmilleri
      Species - Acanthaxius miyazakiensis
      Species - Acanthaxius pilocheira
      Species - Acanthaxius polyacantha
      Species - Acanthaxius polychaetes
      Species - Acanthaxius spinosissimus