NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: No review; untreated NODC data
Global Species Completeness: unknown
Latest Record Review: unknown

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Tribe - Simuliini
  Subfamily - Simuliinae
  Family - Simuliidae
  Infraorder - Culicomorpha
  Suborder - Nematocera
  Order - Diptera
  Superorder - Holometabola
  Infraclass - Neoptera
  Subclass - Pterygota
  Class - Insecta
  Subphylum - Hexapoda
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Gigantodax abalosi
      Species - Gigantodax bettyae
      Species - Gigantodax bolivianum
      Species - Gigantodax cervicorne
      Species - Gigantodax corniculatum
      Species - Gigantodax impossibile
      Species - Gigantodax ortizi
      Species - Gigantodax pennipunctum