Taxonomic Hierarchy for Freshwater Invertebrate Collection
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Kingdom
Animalia
- Phylum Acanthocephala
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Phylum
Annelida
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Class
Clitellata
- Subclass Hirudinea
- Subclass Lumbriculata
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Class
Clitellata
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Phylum
Arthropoda
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Subphylum
Chelicerata
- Class Arachnida
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Class
Hexapoda
- Subclass Entognatha
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Subclass
Insecta
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Order
Coleoptera
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Suborder
Adephaga
- Superfamily Caraboidea
- Family Amphizoidae
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Family
Dytiscidae
- Genus Acilius
- Genus Agabus
- Genus Bidessus
- Genus Carrhydrus
- Genus Colymbetes
- Genus Coptotomus
- Genus Deronectes
- Genus Desmopachria
- Genus Dytiscus
- Genus Eretes
- Genus Graphoderus
- Genus Hydaticus
- Genus Hydroporus
- Genus Hydrovatus
- Genus Hygrotus
- Genus Ilybius
- Genus Laccophilus
- Genus Nebrioporus
- Genus Neoscutopterus
- Genus Oreodytes
- Genus Rhantus
- Genus Stictotarsus
- Family Gyrinidae
- Family Haliplidae
- Suborder Polyphaga
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Suborder
Adephaga
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Order
Diptera
- Family Blephariceridae
- Family Ceratopogonidae
- Family Chironomidae
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Family
Culicidae
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Genus
Aedes
- Species Aedes canadensis
- Species Aedes cataphylla
- Species Aedes cinereus
- Species Aedes dorsalis
- Species Aedes eudes
- Species Aedes excrucians
- Species Aedes fitchii
- Species Aedes flavescens
- Species Aedes hexodontus
- Species Aedes intrudens
- Species Aedes pionips
- Species Aedes provocans
- Species Aedes punctor
- Species Aedes riparius
- Species Aedes sp.
- Species Aedes vexans
- Genus Chaoborus
- Genus Culex
- Genus Culiseta
- Genus Eucorethra
- Genus Mochlonyx
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Genus
Aedes
- Family Deuterophlebiidae
- Family Dixidae
- Family Dolichopodidae
- Family Empididae
- Family Liriopeidae
- Family Muscidae
- Family Psychodidae
- Family Rhagionidae
- Family Simuliidae
- Family Stratiomyidae
- Family Syrphidae
- Family Tabanidae
- Family Tipulidae
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Order
Ephemeroptera
- Family Baetidae
- Family Baetiscidae
- Family Behningiidae
- Family Caenidae
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Family
Ephemerellidae
- Genus Dannella
- Genus Drunella
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Genus
Ephemerella
- Species Ephemerella argusta
- Species Ephemerella compar
- Species Ephemerella doddsi
- Species Ephemerella flavilinea
- Species Ephemerella hecuba
- Species Ephemerella inermis
- Species Ephemerella infrequens
- Species Ephemerella invaria
- Species Ephemerella margarita
- Species Ephemerella proserpina
- Species Ephemerella sp.
- Species Ephemerella spinifera
- Species Ephemerella teresa
- Genus Serratella
- Family Ephemeridae
- Family Heptageniidae
- Family Leptophlebiidae
- Family Metretopodidae
- Family Polymitarcyidae
- Family Siphlonuridae
- Family Tricorythidae
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Order
Hemiptera
- Family Belostomatidae
- Family Corixidae
- Family Gerridae
- Family Mesoveliidae
- Family Nepidae
- Family Notonectidae
- Family Saldidae
- Family Veliidae
- Order Lepidoptera
- Order Megaloptera
- Order Neuroptera
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Order
Odonata
- Suborder Anisoptera
- Suborder Zygoptera
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Order
Plecoptera
- Family Capniidae
- Family Chloroperlidae
- Family Leuctridae
- Family Nemouridae
- Family Peltoperlidae
- Family Perlidae
- Family Perlodidae
- Family Pteronarcyidae
- Family Taeniopterygidae
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Order
Trichoptera
- Superfamily Glossosomatoidea
- Superfamily Hydropsychoidea
- Superfamily Hydroptiloidea
- Superfamily Leptoceroidea
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Superfamily
Limnephiloidea
- Family Brachycentridae
- Family Lepidostomatidae
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Family
Limnephilidae
- Subfamily Dicosmoecinae
- Subfamily Limnephilinae
- Genus Clostoeca
- Genus Glyphotaelius
- Genus Imania
- Genus Pycnoglypha
- Family Uenoidae
- Superfamily Philopotamoidea
- Superfamily Phryganeoidea
- Superfamily Rhyacophiloidea
- Superfamily Sericostomatoidea
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Order
Coleoptera
- Class Malacostraca
- Class Maxillopoda
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Subclass
Branchiopoda
- Order Anostraca
- Order Cladocera
- Order Conchostraca
- Order Notostraca
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Subphylum
Chelicerata
- Phylum Bryozoa
- Phylum Cnidaria
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Phylum
Mollusca
- Class Gastropoda
- Class Pelecypoda
- Phylum Nematomorpha
- Phylum Platyhelminthes
- Phylum Porifera
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Phylum
Rotifera
- Class Bdelloidea
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Class
Monogononta
- Order Collothecaceae
- Order Flosculariaceae
- Order Ploima
- Phylum Tardigrada