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 - Typton distinctus
      Species - Typton carneus
      Species - Typton prionurus
      Species - Typton tortugae
      Species - Typton vulcanus
      Species - Typton gnathophylloides
      Species - Typton anomalus
      Species - Typton australis
      Species - Typton bawii
      Species - Typton crosslandi
      Species - Typton dentatus
      Species - Typton dimorphus
      Species - Typton hephaestus
      Species - Typton nanus
      Species - Typton serratus
      Species - Typton spongicola
      Species - Typton wasini