NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Suborder

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: partial
Latest Record Review: 2006

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Order - Odonata
  Infraclass - Palaeoptera
  Subclass - Pterygota
  Class - Insecta
  Subphylum - Hexapoda
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Family - Calopterygidae
      Family - Lestidae
      Family - Coenagrionidae
      Family - Protoneuridae
      Family - Dicteriadidae
      Family - Polythoridae
      Family - Amphipterygidae
      Family - Perilestidae
      Family - Synlestidae
      Family - Megapodagrionidae
      Family - Pseudostigmatidae
      Family - Platystictidae