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

  Subfamily - Pontoniinae
  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 - Pontonia domestica
      Species - Pontonia margarita
      Species - Pontonia californiensis
      Species - Pontonia mexicana
      Species - Pontonia unidens
      Species - Pontonia anachoreta
      Species - Pontonia ardeae
      Species - Pontonia ascidicola
      Species - Pontonia chimaera
      Species - Pontonia flavomaculata
      Species - Pontonia hurii
      Species - Pontonia katoi
      Species - Pontonia longispina
      Species - Pontonia medipacifica
      Species - Pontonia minuta
      Species - Pontonia miserabilis
      Species - Pontonia monnioti
      Species - Pontonia okai
      Species - Pontonia pinnae
      Species - Pontonia pinnophylax
      Species - Pontonia pusilla
      Species - Pontonia quasipusilla
      Species - Pontonia sibogae
      Species - Pontonia simplex
      Species - Pontonia spighti
      Species - Pontonia stylirostris
      Species - Pontonia manningi