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: 2004

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Subfamily - Pontoniinae
  Family - Palaemonidae
  Superfamily - Palaemonoidea
  Infraorder - Caridea
  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 - Onycocaris amakusensis
      Species - Onycocaris aualitica
      Species - Onycocaris callyspongiae
      Species - Onycocaris furculata
      Species - Onycocaris longirostris
      Species - Onycocaris oligodentata
      Species - Onycocaris profunda
      Species - Onycocaris quadratophthalma
      Species - Onycocaris seychellensis
      Species - Onycocaris spinosa
      Species - Onycocaris trullata
      Species - Onycocaris zanzibarica