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 - Leptopontiidae
  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 - Arenopontia acantha
      Species - Arenopontia accraensis
      Species - Arenopontia africana
      Species - Arenopontia arenarida
      Species - Arenopontia stygia
      Species - Arenopontia australis
      Species - Arenopontia biarticulata
      Species - Arenopontia breviarticulata
      Species - Arenopontia dillonbeachia
      Species - Arenopontia gussoae
      Species - Arenopontia indica
      Species - Arenopontia intermedia
      Species - Arenopontia ishikariana
      Species - Arenopontia longiremis
      Species - Arenopontia nesaie
      Species - Arenopontia orientalis
      Species - Arenopontia problematica
      Species - Arenopontia riedli
      Species - Arenopontia secunda
      Species - Arenopontia spinicaudata
      Species - Arenopontia subterranea