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 - Cypridinidae
  Superfamily - Cypridinoidea
  Suborder - Myodocopina
  Order - Myodocopida
  Subclass - Myodocopa
  Class - Ostracoda
  Subphylum - Crustacea
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Gigantocypris agassizii
      Species - Gigantocypris australis
      Species - Gigantocypris danae
      Species - Gigantocypris dracontovalis
      Species - Gigantocypris muelleri
      Species - Gigantocypris pellucida