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 - Laophontidae
  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 - Echinolaophonte horrida
      Species - Echinolaophonte arminger
      Species - Echinolaophonte brevispinosa
      Species - Echinolaophonte gladiator
      Species - Echinolaophonte mirabilipes
      Species - Echinolaophonte oshoroensis
      Species - Echinolaophonte tropica
      Species - Echinolaophonte armiger