NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Family

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: partial
Latest Record Review: 2005

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Superfamily - Coccoidea
  Suborder - Sternorrhyncha
  Order - Hemiptera
  Superorder - Paraneoptera
  Infraclass - Neoptera
  Subclass - Pterygota
  Class - Insecta
  Subphylum - Hexapoda
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Genus - Aspiodiotus
      Genus - Phenacoccus
      Genus - Antecerococcus
      Genus - Ceroplastes
      Genus - Coccus
      Genus - Eucalymnatus
      Genus - Kilifia
      Genus - Lecanium
      Genus - Parasaissetia
      Genus - Protopulvinaria
      Genus - Pulvinaria
      Genus - Saissetia