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 - Ischnomesidae
  Superfamily - Janiroidea
  Suborder - Asellota
  Order - Isopoda
  Superorder - Peracarida
  Subclass - Eumalacostraca
  Class - Malacostraca
  Subphylum - Crustacea
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Heteromesus bifurcatus
      Species - Heteromesus granulatus
      Species - Heteromesus spinescens
      Species - Heteromesus dentatus
      Species - Heteromesus drachi
      Species - Heteromesus frigidus
      Species - Heteromesus greeni
      Species - Heteromesus longiremus
      Species - Heteromesus schmidtii
      Species - Heteromesus similis
      Species - Heteromesus spinosus
      Species - Heteromesus thomsoni
      Species - Heteromesus wolffi