NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Subgenus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Oxyethira
  Tribe - Hydroptilini
  Subfamily - Hydroptilinae
  Family - Hydroptilidae
  Superfamily - Hydroptiloidea
  Order - Trichoptera
  Superorder - Holometabola
  Infraclass - Neoptera
  Subclass - Pterygota
  Class - Insecta
  Subphylum - Hexapoda
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Oxyethira forcipata
      Species - Oxyethira serrata
      Species - Oxyethira michiganensis
      Species - Oxyethira araya
      Species - Oxyethira obtatus
      Species - Oxyethira archaica
      Species - Oxyethira distinctella
      Species - Oxyethira dunbartonensis
      Species - Oxyethira kelleyi
      Species - Oxyethira itascae
      Species - Oxyethira sagittifera