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 - Crangonidae
  Superfamily - Crangonoidea
  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 - Pontophilus brevirostris
      Species - Pontophilus echinulatus
      Species - Pontophilus spinosus
      Species - Pontophilus fasciatus
      Species - Pontophilus norvegicus
      Species - Pontophilus gracilis
      Species - Pontophilus abyssi
      Species - Pontophilus habereri
      Species - Pontophilus modumauensis
      Species - Pontophilus occidentalis
      Species - Pontophilus orientalis