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 - Aoridae
  Suborder - Gammaridea
  Order - Amphipoda
  Superorder - Peracarida
  Subclass - Eumalacostraca
  Class - Malacostraca
  Subphylum - Crustacea
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Leptocheirus plumulosus
      Species - Leptocheirus pinguis
      Species - Leptocheirus bispinosus
      Species - Leptocheirus hirsutimanus
      Species - Leptocheirus pectinatus
      Species - Leptocheirus pilosus
      Species - Leptocheirus tricristatus