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: 2003

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Thompsoniidae
  Order - Akentrogonida
  Superorder - Rhizocephala
  Infraclass - Cirripedia
  Subclass - Thecostraca
  Class - Maxillopoda
  Subphylum - Crustacea
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Thompsonia japonica
      Species - Thompsonia dofleini
      Species - Thompsonia chuni
      Species - Thompsonia affinis
      Species - Thompsonia globosa
      Species - Thompsonia edwardsi
      Species - Thompsonia haddoni
      Species - Thompsonia sinensis