NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: complete
Latest Record Review: 2018

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Subfamily - Larainae
  Family - Elmidae
  Superfamily - Byrrhoidea
  Infraorder - Elateriformia
  Suborder - Polyphaga
  Order - Coleoptera
  Superorder - Holometabola
  Infraclass - Neoptera
  Subclass - Pterygota
  Class - Insecta
  Subphylum - Hexapoda
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Potamodytes abdominalis
      Species - Potamodytes africanus
      Species - Potamodytes alluaudi
      Species - Potamodytes angustatus
      Species - Potamodytes antennatus
      Species - Potamodytes apicalis
      Species - Potamodytes bispinosus
      Species - Potamodytes bisulcatus
      Species - Potamodytes brincki
      Species - Potamodytes cernuus
      Species - Potamodytes convexior
      Species - Potamodytes cribricollis
      Species - Potamodytes delusor
      Species - Potamodytes descarpentriesi
      Species - Potamodytes ghesquierei
      Species - Potamodytes grouvellei
      Species - Potamodytes hastatus
      Species - Potamodytes janssensi
      Species - Potamodytes latus
      Species - Potamodytes lokis
      Species - Potamodytes major
      Species - Potamodytes marshalli
      Species - Potamodytes mucronatus
      Species - Potamodytes overlaeti
      Species - Potamodytes oxypterus
      Species - Potamodytes perrieri
      Species - Potamodytes praeteritus
      Species - Potamodytes puncticollis
      Species - Potamodytes sericeus
      Species - Potamodytes spangleri
      Species - Potamodytes spinosus
      Species - Potamodytes subrotundatus
      Species - Potamodytes tarnawskii
      Species - Potamodytes tuberosus
      Species - Potamodytes zavattarii