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 - Metridinidae
  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 - Metridia asymmetrica
      Species - Metridia boecki
      Species - Metridia brevicauda
      Species - Metridia curticauda
      Species - Metridia gurjanovae
      Species - Metridia ignota
      Species - Metridia lucens
      Species - Metridia okhotensis
      Species - Metridia ornata
      Species - Metridia princeps
      Species - Metridia similis
      Species - Metridia longa
      Species - Metridia venusta
      Species - Metridia pacifica
      Species - Metridia macrura
      Species - Metridia gerlachei
      Species - Metridia discreta
      Species - Metridia bicornuta