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 - Lysmata wurdemanni
      Species - Lysmata intermedia
      Species - Lysmata rathbunae
      Species - Lysmata grabhami
      Species - Lysmata californica
      Species - Lysmata seticaudata
      Species - Lysmata vittata
      Species - Lysmata acicula
      Species - Lysmata amboinensis
      Species - Lysmata anchisteus
      Species - Lysmata moorei
      Species - Lysmata ternatensis
      Species - Lysmata trisetacea