| system | Vitae - living organisms |
| domain | Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis, 1978 - lifeforms with nucletic cells |
| superregnum | Unikonta |
| system | Opisthokonta Cavalier-Smith, 1987 |
| kingdom | Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals |
| subregnum | Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910 |
| divisio | Radiata Linnaeus, 1758 |
| phylum | Ctenophora Eschscholtz, 1829 - comb jellies |
| class | Tentaculata Eschscholtz, 1825 |
| order | Cydippida |
| family | Pleurobrachiidae Chun, 1880 |
| genus | Pleurobrachia Fleming, 1822 |
| species | Pleurobrachia arctica Wagner, 1885 |