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 - Hippolytidae
  Superfamily - Alpheoidea
  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 - Hippolyte californiensis
      Species - Hippolyte clarki
      Species - Hippolyte zostericola
      Species - Hippolyte varians
      Species - Hippolyte nicholsoni
      Species - Hippolyte coerulescens
      Species - Hippolyte obliquimanus
      Species - Hippolyte pleuracanthus
      Species - Hippolyte acuta
      Species - Hippolyte edmondsoni
      Species - Hippolyte ventricosa