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 - Tanaidae
  Superfamily - Tanaoidea
  Suborder - Tanaidomorpha
  Order - Tanaidacea
  Superorder - Peracarida
  Subclass - Eumalacostraca
  Class - Malacostraca
  Subphylum - Crustacea
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Tanais loricatus
      Species - Tanais portiatius
      Species - Tanais dulongii
      Species - Tanais gayi
      Species - Tanais grimaldii
      Species - Tanais macrocheles
      Species - Tanais tenuicornis
      Species - Tanais vanis
      Species - Tanais tinhauae