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 - Diastylidae
  Order - Cumacea
  Superorder - Peracarida
  Subclass - Eumalacostraca
  Class - Malacostraca
  Subphylum - Crustacea
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Leptostylis villosa
      Species - Leptostylis macrura
      Species - Leptostylis ampullacea
      Species - Leptostylis longimana
      Species - Leptostylis abditis
      Species - Leptostylis calva
      Species - Leptostylis gorbunowi
      Species - Leptostylis longicaudata