NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: No review; untreated NODC data

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Daphnia
  Family - Daphniidae
  Infraorder - Anomopoda
  Suborder - Cladocera
  Order - Diplostraca
  Subclass - Phyllopoda
  Class - Branchiopoda
  Subphylum - Crustacea
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia