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 - Canthocamptidae
  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 - Mesochra lilljeborgi
      Species - Mesochra alaskana
      Species - Mesochra pygmaea
      Species - Mesochra aestuarii
      Species - Mesochra anomala
      Species - Mesochra arenicola
      Species - Mesochra armoricana
      Species - Mesochra baylyi
      Species - Mesochra bodini
      Species - Mesochra dulcicola
      Species - Mesochra flava
      Species - Mesochra heldti
      Species - Mesochra hinumaensis
      Species - Mesochra inconspicua
      Species - Mesochra lindbergi
      Species - Mesochra meridionalis
      Species - Mesochra mexicana
      Species - Mesochra nana
      Species - Mesochra neotropica
      Species - Mesochra paranaensis
      Species - Mesochra parva
      Species - Mesochra pestai
      Species - Mesochra pontica
      Species - Mesochra prowazeki
      Species - Mesochra quadrispinosa
      Species - Mesochra rapiens
      Species - Mesochra reducta
      Species - Mesochra rostrata
      Species - Mesochra schmidti
      Species - Mesochra sewelli
      Species - Mesochra stellfeldi
      Species - Mesochra suifinensis
      Species - Mesochra timsae
      Species - Mesochra wolskii
      Species - Mesochra xenopoda