NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: No review; untreated NODC data
Global Species Completeness: unknown
Latest Record Review: unknown

Taxonomic Heirarchy

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

      Direct Children

      Species - Lepeoptheirus acutus
      Species - Lepeoptheirus aesopus
      Species - Lepeoptheirus anguilli
      Species - Lepeoptheirus argentus
      Species - Lepeoptheirus chilensis
      Species - Lepeoptheirus marginatus
      Species - Lepeoptheirus ornatus
      Species - Lepeoptheirus plotosi
      Species - Lepeoptheirus selkirki
      Species - Lepeoptheirus trifidus
      Species - Lepeoptheirus unispinosus