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: 2001

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Rhyscotidae
  Superfamily - Oniscoidea
  Infraorder - Ligiamorpha
  Suborder - Oniscidea
  Order - Isopoda
  Superorder - Peracarida
  Subclass - Eumalacostraca
  Class - Malacostraca
  Subphylum - Crustacea
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Rhyscotoides ciferrii
      Species - Rhyscotoides cubensis
      Species - Rhyscotoides laxus
      Species - Rhyscotoides legrandi
      Species - Rhyscotoides linearis
      Species - Rhyscotoides moandae
      Species - Rhyscotoides ortonedae
      Species - Rhyscotoides parallelus
      Species - Rhyscotoides silvestrii