NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Order

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: partial
Latest Record Review: 2004

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Superorder - Podoplea
  Infraclass - Neocopepoda
  Subclass - Copepoda
  Class - Maxillopoda
  Subphylum - Crustacea
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Family - Cyclopidae
      Family - Oithonidae
      Family - Cyclopinidae
      Family - Grandiunguidae
      Family - Notodelphyidae
      Family - Buproridae
      Family - Ascidicolidae
      Family - Thaumatopsyllidae
      Family - Catlaphilidae
      Family - Lernaeidae
      Family - Archinotodelphyidae
      Family - Chordeumiidae
      Family - Cucumaricolidae
      Family - Fratiidae
      Family - Mantridae
      Family - Ozmanidae
      Family - Speleoithonidae
      Family - Psammocyclopinidae