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 - Polycopidae
  Superfamily - Polycopoidea
  Suborder - Cladocopina
  Order - Halocyprida
  Subclass - Myodocopa
  Class - Ostracoda
  Subphylum - Crustacea
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Polycope orbicularis
      Species - Polycope areolata
      Species - Polycope afanasjevi
      Species - Polycope bireticulata
      Species - Polycope bispinosa
      Species - Polycope hawaiiensis
      Species - Polycope inornata
      Species - Polycope longirostrata