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: 2004

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Rhyscotidae
  Superfamily - Oniscoidea
  Infraorder - Ligiamorpha
  Suborder - Oniscidea
  Order - Isopoda
  Superorder - Peracarida
  Subclass - Eumalacostraca
  Class - Malacostraca
  Subphylum - Crustacea
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Rhyscotus texensis
      Species - Rhyscotus albidemaculatus
      Species - Rhyscotus australis
      Species - Rhyscotus bicolor
      Species - Rhyscotus colimensis
      Species - Rhyscotus globiceps
      Species - Rhyscotus jacksoni
      Species - Rhyscotus nasutus
      Species - Rhyscotus rotundatus
      Species - Rhyscotus somaliensis
      Species - Rhyscotus sphaerocephalus
      Species - Rhyscotus turgifrons