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 - Paracalanidae
  Order - Calanoida
  Superorder - Gymnoplea
  Infraclass - Neocopepoda
  Subclass - Copepoda
  Class - Maxillopoda
  Subphylum - Crustacea
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Paracalanus parvus
      Species - Paracalanus crassirostris
      Species - Paracalanus indicus
      Species - Paracalanus quasimodo
      Species - Paracalanus aculeatus
      Species - Paracalanus denudatus
      Species - Paracalanus nudus
      Species - Paracalanus nanus
      Species - Paracalanus pygmaeus