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 - Centropagidae
  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 - Centropages abdominalis
      Species - Centropages bradyi
      Species - Centropages elegans
      Species - Centropages furcatus
      Species - Centropages hamatus
      Species - Centropages typicus
      Species - Centropages violaceus
      Species - Centropages calaninus
      Species - Centropages caribbeanensis
      Species - Centropages velificatus
      Species - Centropages chierchiae
      Species - Centropages kroeyeri
      Species - Centropages elongata
      Species - Centropages yamadai
      Species - Centropages elongatus
      Species - Centropages gracilis
      Species - Centropages orsinii
      Species - Centropages aucklandicus