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 - Phaennidae
  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 - Xanthocalanus borealis
      Species - Xanthocalanus kurilensis
      Species - Xanthocalanus maximus
      Species - Xanthocalanus media
      Species - Xanthocalanus polaris
      Species - Xanthocalanus pulcher
      Species - Xanthocalanus tectus
      Species - Xanthocalanus agilis
      Species - Xanthocalanus fallax
      Species - Xanthocalanus propinquus
      Species - Xanthocalanus pinguis
      Species - Xanthocalanus obtusus
      Species - Xanthocalanus muticus
      Species - Xanthocalanus mixtus
      Species - Xanthocalanus incertus
      Species - Xanthocalanus fragilis
      Species - Xanthocalanus subagilis
      Species - Xanthocalanus simplex
      Species - Xanthocalanus minor
      Species - Xanthocalanus macilenta
      Species - Xanthocalanus macrocephalon
      Species - Xanthocalanus rotunda
      Species - Xanthocalanus typicus