NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

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

Taxonomic Heirarchy

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

      Direct Children

      Species - Mesocyclops edax
      Species - Mesocyclops leukarti
      Species - Mesocyclops dybowskii
      Species - Mesocyclops tenuis
      Species - Mesocyclops americanus
      Species - Mesocyclops granulatus
      Species - Mesocyclops thermocyclopoides
      Species - Mesocyclops isabellae
      Species - Mesocyclops kieferi
      Species - Mesocyclops pehpeiensis
      Species - Mesocyclops ogunnus
      Species - Mesocyclops splendidus
      Species - Mesocyclops brevisetosus
      Species - Mesocyclops borneoensis
      Species - Mesocyclops tobae
      Species - Mesocyclops pseudospinosus
      Species - Mesocyclops darwini
      Species - Mesocyclops nothius
      Species - Mesocyclops australiensis
      Species - Mesocyclops aspericornis
      Species - Mesocyclops annulatus
      Species - Mesocyclops longisetus
      Species - Mesocyclops meridianus
      Species - Mesocyclops brasilianus
      Species - Mesocyclops ellipticus
      Species - Mesocyclops aequatorialis
      Species - Mesocyclops chaci
      Species - Mesocyclops reidae
      Species - Mesocyclops yutsil
      Species - Mesocyclops pescei
      Species - Mesocyclops meridionalis
      Species - Mesocyclops venezolanus
      Species - Mesocyclops varius
      Species - Mesocyclops pseudomeridianus