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 - Oedicerotidae
  Suborder - Gammaridea
  Order - Amphipoda
  Superorder - Peracarida
  Subclass - Eumalacostraca
  Class - Malacostraca
  Subphylum - Crustacea
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Americhelidium americanum
      Species - Americhelidium micropleon
      Species - Americhelidium millsi
      Species - Americhelidium pectinatum
      Species - Americhelidium rectipalmum
      Species - Americhelidium setosum
      Species - Americhelidium shoemakeri
      Species - Americhelidium variabilum