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 - Pontellidae
  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 - Pontella pennata
      Species - Pontella meadii
      Species - Pontella securifer
      Species - Pontella spinipes
      Species - Pontella atlantica
      Species - Pontella mimocerami
      Species - Pontella lobiancoi
      Species - Pontella mediterranea
      Species - Pontella surrecta
      Species - Pontella cristata
      Species - Pontella meadi
      Species - Pontella polydactyla
      Species - Pontella princeps
      Species - Pontella tenuiremis