NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: unknown
Latest Record Review: 2004

Taxonomic Heirarchy

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

      Direct Children

      Species - Bosmina obtusirostris
      Species - Bosmina chilensis
      Species - Bosmina lamellatus
      Subgenus - Bosmina (Bosmina)
      Subgenus - Bosmina (Sinobosmina)