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 - Paramesochridae
  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 - Paramesochra acutata
      Species - Paramesochra brevifurca
      Species - Paramesochra denticulata
      Species - Paramesochra dubia
      Species - Paramesochra gigas
      Species - Paramesochra helgolandica
      Species - Paramesochra longicaudata
      Species - Paramesochra ornata
      Species - Paramesochra pterocaudata
      Species - Paramesochra similis
      Species - Paramesochra mielkei