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: 2005

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Euphausiidae
  Order - Euphausiacea
  Superorder - Eucarida
  Subclass - Eumalacostraca
  Class - Malacostraca
  Subphylum - Crustacea
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Nematoscelis difficilis
      Species - Nematoscelis microps
      Species - Nematoscelis megalops
      Species - Nematoscelis tenella
      Species - Nematoscelis atlantica
      Species - Nematoscelis lobata
      Species - Nematoscelis gracilis