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 - Dendrogastridae
  Order - Dendrogastrida
  Infraclass - Ascothoracida
  Subclass - Thecostraca
  Class - Maxillopoda
  Subphylum - Crustacea
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Dendrogaster arbusculus
      Species - Dendrogaster arctica
      Species - Dendrogaster deformator
      Species - Dendrogaster elegans
      Species - Dendrogaster fisheri
      Species - Dendrogaster punctata