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 - Rhizothricidae
  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 - Rhizothrix tenella
      Species - Rhizothrix gracilis
      Species - Rhizothrix pubescens
      Species - Rhizothrix minuta
      Species - Rhizothrix curvata
      Species - Rhizothrix scotti
      Species - Rhizothrix spinosa
      Species - Rhizothrix quadriseta
      Species - Rhizothrix reducta
      Species - Rhizothrix wilsoni