NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: complete
Latest Record Review: 2004

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Cystisomatidae
  Superfamily - Cystisomatoidea
  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 - Cystisoma fabricii
      Species - Cystisoma pellucida
      Species - Cystisoma latipes
      Species - Cystisoma neptunus
      Species - Cystisoma spinosum
      Species - Cystisoma gershwinae
      Species - Cystisoma longipes
      Species - Cystisoma magna