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: 2016

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Superfamily - Scirtoidea
  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

      Genus - Prionocyphon
      Genus - Scirtes
      Genus - Sarabandus
      Genus - Microcara
      Genus - Ora
      Genus - Contacyphon
      Species - Cyphon modestus
      Species - Cyphon nebulosus
      Genus - Elodes
      Genus - Sacodes
      Genus - Prionoscirtes
      Genus - Herthania
      Genus - Nyholmia
      Genus - Exneria
      Genus - Yoshitomia
      Species - Cyphon obscurellus