NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

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

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Subfamily - Japyginae
  Family - Japygidae
  Superfamily - Japygoidea
  Suborder - Dicellurata
  Order - Diplura
  Class - Diplura
  Subphylum - Hexapoda
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Metajapyx confectus
      Species - Metajapyx folsomi
      Species - Metajapyx heterocereus
      Species - Metajapyx illinoiensis
      Species - Metajapyx magnifimbriatus
      Species - Metajapyx multidens
      Species - Metajapyx propinquus
      Species - Metajapyx remingtoni
      Species - Metajapyx steevesi
      Species - Metajapyx subterraneus