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 australis
      Species - Orconectes incomptus
      Species - Orconectes inermis
      Species - Orconectes pellucidus
      Species - Orconectes sheltae
      Species - Orconectes pagei
      Species - Orconectes stygocaneyi