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 - Leptocheliidae
  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

      Species - Leptochelia barnardi
      Species - Leptochelia dubia
      Species - Leptochelia forresti
      Species - Leptochelia erythraea
      Species - Leptochelia ignota
      Species - Leptochelia longichelipes
      Species - Leptochelia longimana
      Species - Leptochelia minuta
      Species - Leptochelia mirabilis
      Species - Leptochelia tenuicola
      Species - Leptochelia timida
      Species - Leptochelia elongata