NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

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

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Subfamily - Blissinae
  Family - Blissidae
  Superfamily - Lygaeoidea
  Infraorder - Pentatomomorpha
  Suborder - Heteroptera
  Order - Hemiptera
  Superorder - Paraneoptera
  Infraclass - Neoptera
  Subclass - Pterygota
  Class - Insecta
  Subphylum - Hexapoda
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Blissus hirtulus
      Species - Blissus arenarius
      Species - Blissus barberi
      Species - Blissus breviusculus
      Species - Blissus canadensis
      Species - Blissus insularis
      Species - Blissus iowensis
      Species - Blissus leucopterus
      Species - Blissus minutus
      Species - Blissus mixtus
      Species - Blissus nanus
      Species - Blissus occiduus
      Species - Blissus omani
      Species - Blissus planarius
      Species - Blissus sweeti
      Species - Blissus villosus
      Species - Blissus yumanus