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

  Subfamily - Nephropinae
  Family - Nephropidae
  Superfamily - Nephropoidea
  Infraorder - Astacidea
  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 - Metanephrops binghami
      Species - Metanephrops andamanicus
      Species - Metanephrops arafurensis
      Species - Metanephrops armatus
      Species - Metanephrops australiensis
      Species - Metanephrops boschmai
      Species - Metanephrops challengeri
      Species - Metanephrops formosanus
      Species - Metanephrops japonicus
      Species - Metanephrops mozambicus
      Species - Metanephrops neptunus
      Species - Metanephrops rubellus
      Species - Metanephrops sagamiensis
      Species - Metanephrops sibogae
      Species - Metanephrops sinensis
      Species - Metanephrops thomsoni
      Species - Metanephrops velutinus