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

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

      Direct Children

      Genus - Tanaissus
      Genus - Typhlotanais
      Genus - Typhlotanoides
      Genus - Nototanais
      Genus - Metatanais
      Genus - Protanaissus
      Genus - Teleotanais
      Genus - Nesotanais
      Genus - Paratyphlotanais
      Genus - Peraeospinosus