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 - Squillidae
  Superfamily - Squilloidea
  Suborder - Unipeltata
  Order - Stomatopoda
  Subclass - Hoplocarida
  Class - Malacostraca
  Subphylum - Crustacea
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Squilla empusa
      Species - Squilla chydaea
      Species - Squilla brasiliensis
      Species - Squilla edentata
      Species - Squilla rugosa
      Species - Squilla deceptrix
      Species - Squilla grenadensis
      Species - Squilla mantis
      Species - Squilla lijdingi
      Species - Squilla intermedia