Caenis horaria

Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,500 meters (0 to 8,202 feet).Mean = 12.640 meters (41.470 feet), Standard Deviation = 41.140 based on 8,478 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom: Animalia () - Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  - Subkingdom: Bilateria () - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
    - Branch: Protostomia () - Grobben, 1908
      - Infrakingdom: Ecdysozoa () - Aguinaldo Et Al., 1997 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
        Superphylum: Panarthropoda () - Cuvier
        Phylum: Arthropoda () - Latreille, 1829 - arthropods
        Subphylum: Mandibulata () - Snodgrass, 1938
        Infraphylum: Atelocerata () - Heymons, 1901
        Superclass: Panhexapoda ()
        Epiclass: Hexapoda ()
        Class: Insecta () - C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Insects
        Subclass: Dicondylia ()
        Infraclass: Pterygota ()
        Order: Ephemeroptera () - Hyatt & Arms, 1891
        Suborder: Furcatergalia ()
        Superfamily: Caenoidea ()
        Family: Caenidae () - Newman, 1853
        Genus: Caenis () - Stephens, 1835
        Specific name: horaria - (Linne, 1758)
        Scientific name: - Caenis horaria (Linne, 1758)