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 - Chiridius gracilis
      Species - Chiridius obtusifrons
      Species - Chiridius polaris
      Species - Chiridius poppei
      Species - Chiridius mexicanus
      Species - Chiridius molestus
      Species - Chiridius pacificus
      Species - Chiridius longispinus