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 - Chironomini
  Subfamily - Chironominae
  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 - Cryptochironomus argus
      Species - Cryptochironomus blarina
      Species - Cryptochironomus chaetoala
      Species - Cryptochironomus digitatus
      Species - Cryptochironomus fulvus
      Species - Cryptochironomus hirtalatus
      Species - Cryptochironomus parafulvus
      Species - Cryptochironomus ponderosus
      Species - Cryptochironomus psittacinus
      Species - Cryptochironomus scimitarus
      Species - Cryptochironomus sorex
      Species - Cryptochironomus camptolabis
      Species - Cryptochironomus curtilamellatus