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 - Tegastidae
  Order - Harpacticoida
  Superorder - Podoplea
  Infraclass - Neocopepoda
  Subclass - Copepoda
  Class - Maxillopoda
  Subphylum - Crustacea
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Tegastes calcaratus
      Species - Tegastes georgei
      Species - Tegastes clausi
      Species - Tegastes falcatus
      Species - Tegastes flavidus
      Species - Tegastes grandimanus
      Species - Tegastes longimanus
      Species - Tegastes nanus
      Species - Tegastes satyrus
      Species - Tegastes edmondsoni
      Species - Tegastes gemmeus
      Species - Tegastes intermedius
      Species - Tegastes perforatus
      Species - Tegastes pulcher
      Species - Tegastes tenuis