NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

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

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Subfamily - Conchoecinae
  Family - Halocyprididae
  Superfamily - Halocypridoidea
  Suborder - Halocypridina
  Order - Halocyprida
  Subclass - Myodocopa
  Class - Ostracoda
  Subphylum - Crustacea
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Porroecia spinirostris
      Species - Porroecia crassispina
      Species - Porroecia hystrix
      Species - Porroecia parthenoda
      Species - Porroecia porrecta
      Species - Porroecia pseudoparthenoda
      Species - Porroecia vibekensis