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 - Candaciidae
  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 - Candacia bipinnata
      Species - Candacia columbiae
      Species - Candacia parafalcifera
      Species - Candacia armata
      Species - Candacia pachydactyla
      Species - Candacia simplex
      Species - Candacia curta
      Species - Candacia longimana
      Species - Candacia paenelongimana
      Species - Candacia varicans
      Species - Candacia elongata
      Species - Candacia norvegica
      Species - Candacia falcifera
      Species - Candacia tenuimana
      Species - Candacia aethiopica
      Species - Candacia catula
      Species - Candacia truncata
      Species - Candacia discaudata
      Species - Candacia pectinata
      Species - Candacia bispinosa
      Species - Candacia maxima
      Species - Candacia ethiopica
      Species - Candacia guggenheimi