NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Subgenus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Orthocladius
  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 - Orthocladius annectens
      Species - Orthocladius appersoni
      Species - Orthocladius barbicornis
      Species - Orthocladius carlatus
      Species - Orthocladius charensis
      Species - Orthocladius clarkei
      Species - Orthocladius cooki
      Species - Orthocladius curtiseta
      Species - Orthocladius decoratus
      Species - Orthocladius dentifer
      Species - Orthocladius dorenus
      Species - Orthocladius excavatus
      Species - Orthocladius ferringtoni
      Species - Orthocladius frigidus
      Species - Orthocladius groenlandensis
      Species - Orthocladius hazenensis
      Species - Orthocladius hellenthali
      Species - Orthocladius knabeni
      Species - Orthocladius knuthi
      Species - Orthocladius lapponicus
      Species - Orthocladius mallochi
      Species - Orthocladius manitobensis
      Species - Orthocladius nigritus
      Species - Orthocladius oblidens
      Species - Orthocladius obumbratus
      Species - Orthocladius oliveri
      Species - Orthocladius robacki
      Species - Orthocladius smolandicus
      Species - Orthocladius spitzbergensis
      Species - Orthocladius subletti
      Species - Orthocladius trigonolabis
      Species - Orthocladius wiensi