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 - Prochelator lateralis
      Species - Prochelator uncatus
      Species - Prochelator abyssalis
      Species - Prochelator hampsoni
      Species - Prochelator incomitatus
      Species - Prochelator litus
      Species - Prochelator sarsi