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 - Pipunculini
  Subfamily - Pipunculinae
  Family - Pipunculidae
  Infraorder - Muscomorpha
  Suborder - Brachycera
  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 - Cephalosphaera acuminatus
      Species - Cephalosphaera appendiculatus
      Species - Cephalosphaera biscaynei
      Species - Cephalosphaera brevis
      Species - Cephalosphaera constrictus
      Species - Cephalosphaera maximus
      Species - Cephalosphaera stricklandi
      Species - Cephalosphaera tibialis