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 - Anthessiidae
  Order - Poecilostomatoida
  Superorder - Podoplea
  Infraclass - Neocopepoda
  Subclass - Copepoda
  Class - Maxillopoda
  Subphylum - Crustacea
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Anthessius fitchi
      Species - Anthessius groenlandicus
      Species - Anthessius hawaiiensis
      Species - Anthessius leptostylis
      Species - Anthessius lighti
      Species - Anthessius navanacis
      Species - Anthessius nortoni
      Species - Anthessius obtusispina