NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Family

Taxonomic Status

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

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  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

      Subfamily - Telmatogetoninae
      Subfamily - Podonominae
      Subfamily - Tanypodinae
      Subfamily - Diamesinae
      Subfamily - Prodiamesinae
      Subfamily - Orthocladiinae
      Subfamily - Chironominae