NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Superfamily

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: unknown
Latest Record Review: 2004

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  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

      Family - Scyphacidae
      Family - Oniscidae
      Family - Philosciidae
      Family - Bathytropidae
      Family - Berytoniscidae
      Family - Detonidae
      Family - Halophilosciidae
      Family - Olibrinidae
      Family - Platyarthridae
      Family - Pudeoniscidae
      Family - Rhyscotidae
      Family - Spelaeoniscidae
      Family - Sphaeroniscidae
      Family - Stenoniscidae
      Family - Tendosphaeridae
      Family - Alloniscidae