NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: partial
Latest Record Review: 2009

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Heptageniidae
  Superfamily - Heptagenioidea
  Suborder - Pisciforma
  Order - Ephemeroptera
  Infraclass - Palaeoptera
  Subclass - Pterygota
  Class - Insecta
  Subphylum - Hexapoda
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Nixe lucidipennis
      Species - Nixe horrida
      Species - Nixe inconspicua
      Species - Nixe perfida
      Species - Nixe rusticalis
      Species - Nixe spinosa
      Species - Nixe flowersi
      Species - Nixe kennedyi