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: 1999

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Tribe - Tanypodini
  Subfamily - Tanypodinae
  Family - Chironomidae
  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 - Tanypus clavatus
      Species - Tanypus concavus
      Species - Tanypus imperialis
      Species - Tanypus neopunctipennis
      Species - Tanypus nubifer
      Species - Tanypus parastellatus
      Species - Tanypus punctipennis
      Species - Tanypus stellatus
      Species - Tanypus telus
      Species - Tanypus vilipennis