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 - Parachironomus abortivus
      Species - Parachironomus alatus
      Species - Parachironomus carinatus
      Species - Parachironomus chaetaolus
      Species - Parachironomus directus
      Species - Parachironomus elodeae
      Species - Parachironomus forceps
      Species - Parachironomus frequens
      Species - Parachironomus monochromus
      Species - Parachironomus pectinatellae
      Species - Parachironomus potamogeti
      Species - Parachironomus schneideri
      Species - Parachironomus sublettei
      Species - Parachironomus tenuicaudatus
      Species - Parachironomus varus
      Species - Parachironomus biannulatus
      Species - Parachironomus hirtalatus
      Species - Parachironomus arcuatus