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: 2005

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Cirolanidae
  Suborder - Flabellifera
  Order - Isopoda
  Superorder - Peracarida
  Subclass - Eumalacostraca
  Class - Malacostraca
  Subphylum - Crustacea
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Metacirolana joanneae
      Species - Metacirolana sphaeromiformis
      Species - Metacirolana agaricicola
      Species - Metacirolana agujae
      Species - Metacirolana anatola
      Species - Metacirolana anocula
      Species - Metacirolana arnaudi
      Species - Metacirolana basteni
      Species - Metacirolana bicornis
      Species - Metacirolana convexissima
      Species - Metacirolana costaricensis
      Species - Metacirolana fishelsoni
      Species - Metacirolana halia
      Species - Metacirolana hanseni
      Species - Metacirolana japonica
      Species - Metacirolana mbudya
      Species - Metacirolana menziesi
      Species - Metacirolana monodi
      Species - Metacirolana moortgati
      Species - Metacirolana nana
      Species - Metacirolana pigmentata
      Species - Metacirolana ponsi
      Species - Metacirolana riobaldoi
      Species - Metacirolana rotunda
      Species - Metacirolana rugosa
      Species - Metacirolana serrata
      Species - Metacirolana spinosa