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 - Contacyphon americanus
      Species - Contacyphon arcuatus
      Species - Contacyphon brevicollis
      Species - Contacyphon cooperi
      Species - Contacyphon exiguus
      Species - Contacyphon fuscescens
      Species - Contacyphon johni
      Species - Contacyphon neopadi
      Species - Contacyphon neovariabilis
      Species - Contacyphon obscurus
      Species - Contacyphon ochreatus
      Species - Contacyphon perplexus
      Species - Contacyphon setulipennis
      Species - Contacyphon coarctatus
      Species - Contacyphon padi
      Species - Contacyphon variabilis