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 - Spirontocaris prionota
      Species - Spirontocaris lamellicornis
      Species - Spirontocaris bispinosa
      Species - Spirontocaris snyderi
      Species - Spirontocaris phippsii
      Species - Spirontocaris ochotensis
      Species - Spirontocaris dalli
      Species - Spirontocaris murdochi
      Species - Spirontocaris arcuata
      Species - Spirontocaris sica
      Species - Spirontocaris gurjanovae
      Species - Spirontocaris holmesi
      Species - Spirontocaris macrodonta
      Species - Spirontocaris spinus
      Species - Spirontocaris cranchi
      Species - Spirontocaris pusiola
      Species - Spirontocaris affinis
      Species - Spirontocaris truncata
      Species - Spirontocaris lilljeborgii