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: 2005

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Bythocytheridae
  Superfamily - Cytheroidea
  Suborder - Cytherocopina
  Order - Podocopida
  Subclass - Podocopa
  Class - Ostracoda
  Subphylum - Crustacea
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Sclerochilus contortus
      Species - Sclerochilus nasus
      Species - Sclerochilus abbreviatus
      Species - Sclerochilus bradyi
      Species - Sclerochilus gewemuelleri
      Species - Sclerochilus hicksi
      Species - Sclerochilus rudjakovi
      Species - Sclerochilus schornikovi
      Species - Sclerochilus truncatus
      Species - Sclerochilus whatleyi