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 - Peltidiidae
  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 - Peltidium ovale
      Species - Peltidium defreitasi
      Species - Peltidium maldivianum
      Species - Peltidium purpureum
      Species - Peltidium robustum
      Species - Peltidium gracile
      Species - Peltidium angulatum
      Species - Peltidium speciosum
      Species - Peltidium perplexum
      Species - Peltidium falcatum
      Species - Peltidium intermedium
      Species - Peltidium exiguun
      Species - Peltidium minutum
      Species - Peltidium cinereum
      Species - Peltidium sacesphorum
      Species - Peltidium hawaiiense
      Species - Peltidium monardi
      Species - Peltidium proximum
      Species - Peltidium simplex
      Species - Peltidium nichollsi
      Species - Peltidium lerneri
      Species - Peltidium perturbatum
      Species - Peltidium fenestratum
      Species - Peltidium laudatum
      Species - Peltidium graciloides