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 - Calocalanus styliremis
      Species - Calocalanus pavo
      Species - Calocalanus plumulosus
      Species - Calocalanus pavoninus
      Species - Calocalanus ovalis
      Species - Calocalanus contractus
      Species - Calocalanus elegans
      Species - Calocalanus gracilis
      Species - Calocalanus neptunus
      Species - Calocalanus pseudocontractus