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 - Taeniacanthidae
  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 - Taeniacanthus albidus
      Species - Taeniacanthus flagellans
      Species - Taeniacanthus haakeri
      Species - Taeniacanthus californiensis
      Species - Taeniacanthus laqueus
      Species - Taeniacanthus lucipetus
      Species - Taeniacanthus onosi
      Species - Taeniacanthus zeugopteri
      Species - Taeniacanthus wilsoni
      Species - Taeniacanthus balistae
      Species - Taeniacanthus lagocephali
      Species - Taeniacanthus moa
      Species - Taeniacanthus occidentalis