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 - Diaptomidae
  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 - Leptodiaptomus ashlandi
      Species - Leptodiaptomus minutus
      Species - Leptodiaptomus sicilus
      Species - Leptodiaptomus siciloides
      Species - Leptodiaptomus connexus
      Species - Leptodiaptomus cuauhtemoci
      Species - Leptodiaptomus mexicanus
      Species - Leptodiaptomus novamexicanus
      Species - Leptodiaptomus assiniboiaensis
      Species - Leptodiaptomus coloradensis
      Species - Leptodiaptomus insularis
      Species - Leptodiaptomus judayi
      Species - Leptodiaptomus moorei
      Species - Leptodiaptomus nudus
      Species - Leptodiaptomus pribilofensis
      Species - Leptodiaptomus sicilis
      Species - Leptodiaptomus signicauda
      Species - Leptodiaptomus spinicornis
      Species - Leptodiaptomus trybomi
      Species - Leptodiaptomus tyrrelli