NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Subgenus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Cricotopus
  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 flavibasis
      Species - Cricotopus flavipes
      Species - Cricotopus glacialis
      Species - Cricotopus intersectus
      Species - Cricotopus laetus
      Species - Cricotopus laricomalis
      Species - Cricotopus myriophylli
      Species - Cricotopus ornatus
      Species - Cricotopus pilitarsis
      Species - Cricotopus sylvestris
      Species - Cricotopus tricinctus
      Species - Cricotopus trifasciatus