NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: complete
Latest Record Review: 2010

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Aetideidae
  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 - Chiridiella pacifica
      Species - Chiridiella macrodactyla
      Species - Chiridiella bispinosa
      Species - Chiridiella abyssalis
      Species - Chiridiella atlantica
      Species - Chiridiella bichela
      Species - Chiridiella brachydactyla
      Species - Chiridiella brooksi
      Species - Chiridiella chainae
      Species - Chiridiella gibba
      Species - Chiridiella kuniae
      Species - Chiridiella megadactyla
      Species - Chiridiella ovata
      Species - Chiridiella reductella
      Species - Chiridiella sarsi
      Species - Chiridiella smoki
      Species - Chiridiella subaequalis
      Species - Chiridiella trihamata