Holoplankton

Cnidaria

Polychaeta

Tomopteridae (Family)

Classification: Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Errantia (Subclass) > Phyllodocida (Order) > Phyllodocida incertae sedis (Suborder) > Tomopteridae (Family) > Tomopteris (Genus)

Hydrozoa (Class)

Classification: Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hydrozoa (Class) Hydromedusae

Pelagiidae (Family)

Classification: Cnidaria (Phylum) > Scyphozoa (Class) > Discomedusae (Subclass) > Semaeostomeae (Order) > Pelagiidae (Family) > Chrysaora (Genus) Ephyra stage

Diphyes dispar (Species)

Classification: Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hydrozoa (Class) > Hydroidolina (Subclass) > Siphonophorae (Order) > Calycophorae (Suborder) > Diphyidae (Family) > Dyphyinae (Subfamily) > Diphyes (Genus) > Diphyes dispar (Species)

Diphyes dispar (Species)

Holoplankton spend their whole life in the pelagic as part of the plankton community. Although most holoplankton are small in size, they can reach centimeters in size, as in the case of the true jellyfishes.

Ctenophore

Pleurobrachia (Genus)

Ctenophora (Phylum) > Tentaculata (Class) > Cydippida (Order) > Pleurobrachiidae (Family) > Pleurobrachia (Genus)

Tunicata

Branchiopoda

Penilia (Genus)

Classification: Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Branchiopoda (Class) > Phyllopoda (Subclass) > Diplostraca (Order) > Onychocaudata (Suborder) > Cladoceromorpha (Infraorder) > Cladocera (Infraorder) > Ctenopoda (Parvorder) > Sididae (Family) > Penilia (Genus)

Podonidae (Family)

Classification: Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Branchiopoda (Class) > Phyllopoda (Subclass) > Diplostraca (Order) > Onychocaudata (Suborder) > Cladoceromorpha (Infraorder) > Cladocera (Infraorder) > Gymnomera (Parvorder) > Onychopoda (Section) > Podonidae (Family) > Pseudevadne (Genus)

Ostracoda

Ostracoda (Class)

Classification: Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Oligostraca (Superclass)> Ostracoda (Class)

Ostracoda (Class)

Classification: Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Oligostraca (Superclass)> Ostracoda (Class)

Chaetognatha

Sagittidae (Family)

Classification: Chaetognatha (Phylum) > Sagittoidea (Class) > Aphragmophora (Order) > Sagittidae (Family) > Flaccisagitta enflata (Species)

Oikopleura (Genus)

Classification: Chordata (Phylum) > Tunicata (Subphylum) > Appendicularia (Class) > Copelata (Order) > Oikopleuridae (Family) > Oikopleurinae (Subfamily) > Labiata (Tribe) > Oikipleura (Genus)

Oikopleura (Genus)

Classification: Chordata (Phylum) > Tunicata (Subphylum) > Appendicularia (Class) > Copelata (Order) > Oikopleuridae (Family) > Oikopleurinae (Subfamily) > Labiata (Tribe) > Oikipleura (Genus)

Doliolida (Order)

Classification: Chordata (Phylum) > Tunicata (Subphylum) > Thaliacea (Class) > Doliolida (Order)

Dolioletta (Genus)

Classification: Chordata (Phylum) > Tunicata (Subphylum) > Thaliacea (Class) > Doliolida (Order) > Dolioletta gegenbauri (Species)

Copepoda

Calanoida (Order)

Classification: Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Multicrustacea (Superclass) > Hexanauplia (Class) > Copepoda (Subclass) > Neocopepoda (Infraclass) > Gymnoplea (Superorder) > Calanoidea (Order)

Euchaetidae (Family)

Sapphirinidae (Family)

Classification: Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Multicrustacea (Superclass) > Hexanauplia (Class) > Copepoda (Subclass) > Neocopepoda (Infraclass) > Podoplea (Superorder) > Cyclopoida (Order) > Poecilostomatoida (Suborder) > Sapphirinidae (Family)

Pontella (Genus)

Amphipod

Hyperiidea (Suborder)

Athropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Multicrustacea (Superclass) > Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Peracarida (Superorder) > Amphipoda (Order) > Hyperiidea (Suborder)