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

  Subfamily - Palaemoninae
  Family - Palaemonidae
  Superfamily - Palaemonoidea
  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 - Palaemonetes intermedius
      Species - Palaemonetes paludosus
      Species - Palaemonetes pugio
      Species - Palaemonetes vulgaris
      Species - Palaemonetes kadiakensis
      Species - Palaemonetes varians
      Species - Palaemonetes antrorum
      Species - Palaemonetes cummingi
      Species - Palaemonetes hiltoni
      Species - Palaemonetes texanus
      Species - Palaemonetes sinensis
      Species - Palaemonetes tonkinensis
      Species - Palaemonetes octaviae