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 - Desmosomatidae
  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 - Desmosoma lineare
      Species - Desmosoma filipes
      Species - Desmosoma globiceps
      Species - Desmosoma acutus
      Species - Desmosoma affine
      Species - Desmosoma anversense
      Species - Desmosoma atypicum
      Species - Desmosoma auritum
      Species - Desmosoma australis
      Species - Desmosoma brevicauda
      Species - Desmosoma brevipes
      Species - Desmosoma coalescum
      Species - Desmosoma dolosus
      Species - Desmosoma elegans
      Species - Desmosoma elongatum
      Species - Desmosoma funalis
      Species - Desmosoma hesslera
      Species - Desmosoma lobipes
      Species - Desmosoma modestum
      Species - Desmosoma neomana
      Species - Desmosoma ochotense
      Species - Desmosoma puritanum
      Species - Desmosoma rotundus
      Species - Desmosoma serratum
      Species - Desmosoma similipes
      Species - Desmosoma strombergi
      Species - Desmosoma thoracicum
      Species - Desmosoma tyrrhenicum