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 - Porcellanidae
  Superfamily - Galatheoidea
  Infraorder - Anomura
  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 - Petrolisthes eriomerus
      Species - Petrolisthes cinctipes
      Species - Petrolisthes armatus
      Species - Petrolisthes galathinus
      Species - Petrolisthes cabrilloi
      Species - Petrolisthes jugosus
      Species - Petrolisthes manimaculis
      Species - Petrolisthes politus
      Species - Petrolisthes rathbunae
      Species - Petrolisthes cessacii
      Species - Petrolisthes amoenus
      Species - Petrolisthes coccineus