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 - Phronimidae
  Superfamily - Phronimoidea
  Infraorder - Physocephalata
  Suborder - Hyperiidea
  Order - Amphipoda
  Superorder - Peracarida
  Subclass - Eumalacostraca
  Class - Malacostraca
  Subphylum - Crustacea
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Phronima sedentaria
      Species - Phronima atlantica
      Species - Phronima colletti
      Species - Phronima curvipes
      Species - Phronima pacifica
      Species - Phronima stebbingii
      Species - Phronima bowmani
      Species - Phronima dunbari
      Species - Phronima solitaria
      Species - Phronima bucephala