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 - Nematocarcinidae
  Superfamily - Nematocarcinoidea
  Infraorder - Caridea
  Suborder - Pleocyemata
  Order - Decapoda
  Superorder - Eucarida
  Subclass - Eumalacostraca
  Class - Malacostraca
  Subphylum - Crustacea
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Nematocarcinus ensifer
      Species - Nematocarcinus rotundus
      Species - Nematocarcinus cursor
      Species - Nematocarcinus africanus
      Species - Nematocarcinus acanthitelsonis
      Species - Nematocarcinus gracilis
      Species - Nematocarcinus tenuirostris