NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Family

Taxonomic Status

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

Taxonomic Heirarchy

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

      Direct Children

      Genus - Doropygus
      Genus - Pygodelphys
      Genus - Notodelphys
      Genus - Doropygella
      Genus - Doropygopsis
      Genus - Gunenotophorus
      Genus - Notodelphyopsis
      Genus - Pachypygus
      Genus - Pholeterides
      Genus - Pomphopygus
      Genus - Pythodelphys
      Genus - Scolecodes