NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: partial
Latest Record Review: 2004

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Scolecitrichidae
  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 - Scaphocalanus affinis
      Species - Scaphocalanus brevicornis
      Species - Scaphocalanus echinatus
      Species - Scaphocalanus gracilicaudatus
      Species - Scaphocalanus insignis
      Species - Scaphocalanus magnus
      Species - Scaphocalanus major
      Species - Scaphocalanus medius
      Species - Scaphocalanus minutus
      Species - Scaphocalanus obscurus
      Species - Scaphocalanus similis
      Species - Scaphocalanus subbrevicornis
      Species - Scaphocalanus subelongatus
      Species - Scaphocalanus brevirostris
      Species - Scaphocalanus subcurtus
      Species - Scaphocalanus validus
      Species - Scaphocalanus robustus
      Species - Scaphocalanus obtusifrons
      Species - Scaphocalanus curtus
      Species - Scaphocalanus angulifrons
      Species - Scaphocalanus californicus