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: 2000

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Subfamily - Orthocladiinae
  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 - Cricotopus belkini
      Species - Cricotopus septentrionalis
      Species - Cricotopus reversus
      Species - Cricotopus fuscus
      Species - Cricotopus albiforceps
      Species - Cricotopus flavocinctus
      Species - Cricotopus pirifer
      Species - Cricotopus algarum
      Subgenus - Cricotopus (Isocladius)
      Subgenus - Cricotopus (Nostococladius)
      Subgenus - Cricotopus (Cricotopus)