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 - Mesosignidae
  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 - Mesosignum kohleri
      Species - Mesosignum usheri
      Species - Mesosignum admirandum
      Species - Mesosignum ansatum
      Species - Mesosignum antarcticum
      Species - Mesosignum asperum
      Species - Mesosignum brevispinis
      Species - Mesosignum elegantulum
      Species - Mesosignum latum
      Species - Mesosignum macrum
      Species - Mesosignum magnadens
      Species - Mesosignum multidens
      Species - Mesosignum truncatum
      Species - Mesosignum vitjazi