NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Subgenus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Orconectes
  Subfamily - Cambarinae
  Family - Cambaridae
  Superfamily - Astacoidea
  Infraorder - Astacidea
  Suborder - Pleocyemata
  Order - Decapoda
  Superorder - Eucarida
  Subclass - Eumalacostraca
  Class - Malacostraca
  Subphylum - Crustacea
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Orconectes bisectus
      Species - Orconectes erichsonianus
      Species - Orconectes eupunctus
      Species - Orconectes illinoiensis
      Species - Orconectes jeffersoni
      Species - Orconectes marchandi
      Species - Orconectes obscurus
      Species - Orconectes propinquus
      Species - Orconectes rafinesquei
      Species - Orconectes sanbornii
      Species - Orconectes shoupi
      Species - Orconectes stannardi
      Species - Orconectes tricuspis
      Species - Orconectes virginiensis
      Species - Orconectes burri
      Species - Orconectes margorectus