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 - Pleuromamma abdominalis
      Species - Pleuromamma borealis
      Species - Pleuromamma gracilis
      Species - Pleuromamma quadrungulata
      Species - Pleuromamma robusta
      Species - Pleuromamma scutullata
      Species - Pleuromamma xiphias
      Species - Pleuromamma piseki