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 - Spinocalanidae
  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 - Spinocalanus abruptus
      Species - Spinocalanus abyssalis
      Species - Spinocalanus angusticeps
      Species - Spinocalanus antarcticus
      Species - Spinocalanus aspinosus
      Species - Spinocalanus brevicaudatus
      Species - Spinocalanus elongatus
      Species - Spinocalanus hirtus
      Species - Spinocalanus hoplites
      Species - Spinocalanus horridus
      Species - Spinocalanus longicornis
      Species - Spinocalanus magnus
      Species - Spinocalanus oligospinosus
      Species - Spinocalanus polaris
      Species - Spinocalanus similis
      Species - Spinocalanus spinosus
      Species - Spinocalanus terranovae
      Species - Spinocalanus usitatus
      Species - Spinocalanus validus
      Species - Spinocalanus caudatus