NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: No review; untreated NODC data
Global Species Completeness: unknown
Latest Record Review: unknown

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Staphylinidae
  Superfamily - Staphylinoidea
  Infraorder - Staphyliniformia
  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 - Philonthus hepaticus
      Species - Philonthus ventralis
      Species - Philonthus discoideus
      Species - Philonthus haddeni
      Species - Philonthus longicornis
      Species - Philonthus prolatus
      Species - Philonthus retangulus
      Species - Philonthus scybalarius
      Species - Philonthus turbidus