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 - Polychelidae
  Superfamily - Eryonoidea
  Infraorder - Palinura
  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 - Polycheles typhlops
      Species - Polycheles crucifer
      Species - Polycheles nanus
      Species - Polycheles pacificus
      Species - Polycheles perarmatus
      Species - Polycheles sculptus
      Species - Polycheles surdus