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 - Orthopsyllidae
  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 - Orthopsyllus illgi
      Species - Orthopsyllus linearis
      Species - Orthopsyllus agnatus
      Species - Orthopsyllus dubius
      Species - Orthopsyllus littoralis
      Species - Orthopsyllus major
      Species - Orthopsyllus pectinicauda
      Species - Orthopsyllus propinquus
      Species - Orthopsyllus rugosus
      Species - Orthopsyllus sarsi
      Species - Orthopsyllus similis
      Species - Orthopsyllus spinicaudatus
      Species - Orthopsyllus wallini