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 - Sphaeroniscidae
  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 - Circoniscus amazonicus
      Species - Circoniscus apeuensis
      Species - Circoniscus bezzii
      Species - Circoniscus gaigei
      Species - Circoniscus gracilidens
      Species - Circoniscus hamatus
      Species - Circoniscus incisus
      Species - Circoniscus intermedius
      Species - Circoniscus pallidus
      Species - Circoniscus spinosus