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 - Paratanaidae
  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 - Paratanais atlanticus
      Species - Paratanais elongatus
      Species - Paratanais euelpis
      Species - Paratanais impressus
      Species - Paratanais limicola
      Species - Paratanais linearis
      Species - Paratanais monodi
      Species - Paratanais oculatus
      Species - Paratanais rigidus
      Species - Paratanais spinanotandus
      Species - Paratanais tenuis
      Species - Paratanais intermedius