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: 2016

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Scirtidae
  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

      Species - Scirtes tibialis
      Species - Scirtes orbiculatus
      Species - Scirtes grandis
      Species - Scirtes championi
      Species - Scirtes ovalis
      Species - Scirtes californicus
      Species - Scirtes plagiatus
      Species - Scirtes humeralis
      Species - Scirtes piceolus
      Species - Scirtes japonicus
      Species - Scirtes oblongus
      Species - Scirtes goliai