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 - Melitidae
  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 - Maera danae
      Species - Maera loveni
      Species - Maera prionochira
      Species - Maera westwoodi
      Species - Maera dubia
      Species - Maera simile
      Species - Maera caroliniana
      Species - Maera williamsi
      Species - Maera grossimana
      Species - Maera inaequipes
      Species - Maera othonis
      Species - Maera bousfieldi
      Species - Maera diffidentia
      Species - Maera fusca
      Species - Maera jerrica
      Species - Maera nelsonae
      Species - Maera rathbunae
      Species - Maera similis