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

      Direct Children

      Species - Sapphirina scarlata
      Species - Sapphirina metallina
      Species - Sapphirina nigromaculata
      Species - Sapphirina ovatolanceolata
      Species - Sapphirina angusta
      Species - Sapphirina opalina
      Species - Sapphirina stellata
      Species - Sapphirina auronitens
      Species - Sapphirina bicuspidata
      Species - Sapphirina intestinata
      Species - Sapphirina lactens
      Species - Sapphirina maculosa
      Species - Sapphirina iris
      Species - Sapphirina sali
      Species - Sapphirina darwini
      Species - Sapphirina gastrica
      Species - Sapphirina gemma
      Species - Sapphirina lomae
      Species - Sapphirina pyrosomatis
      Species - Sapphirina vorax