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 - Argestidae
  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 - Mesocletodes monensis
      Species - Mesocletodes katharinae
      Species - Mesocletodes abyssicola
      Species - Mesocletodes ameliae
      Species - Mesocletodes arenicola
      Species - Mesocletodes bathybia
      Species - Mesocletodes bodini
      Species - Mesocletodes brevifurca
      Species - Mesocletodes carpinei
      Species - Mesocletodes commixtus
      Species - Mesocletodes dolichurus
      Species - Mesocletodes farauni
      Species - Mesocletodes fladensis
      Species - Mesocletodes glaber
      Species - Mesocletodes guillei
      Species - Mesocletodes inermis
      Species - Mesocletodes irrasus
      Species - Mesocletodes langi
      Species - Mesocletodes makarovi
      Species - Mesocletodes robustus
      Species - Mesocletodes soyeri