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 nais
      Species - Orconectes virilis
      Species - Orconectes alabamensis
      Species - Orconectes causeyi
      Species - Orconectes chickasawae
      Species - Orconectes compressus
      Species - Orconectes cooperi
      Species - Orconectes etnieri
      Species - Orconectes holti
      Species - Orconectes immunis
      Species - Orconectes mississippiensis
      Species - Orconectes rhoadesi
      Species - Orconectes validus
      Species - Orconectes jonesi