NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: complete
Latest Record Review: 2018

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Tribe - Elmini
  Subfamily - Elminae
  Family - Elmidae
  Superfamily - Byrrhoidea
  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 - Optioservus divergens
      Species - Optioservus canus
      Species - Optioservus quadrimaculatus
      Species - Optioservus seriatus
      Species - Optioservus immunis
      Species - Optioservus ovalis
      Species - Optioservus trivittatus
      Species - Optioservus phaeus
      Species - Optioservus sandersoni
      Species - Optioservus fastiditus
      Species - Optioservus castanipennis
      Species - Optioservus browni
      Species - Optioservus heteroclitus
      Species - Optioservus gapyeongensis
      Species - Optioservus hagai
      Species - Optioservus maculatus
      Species - Optioservus nitidus
      Species - Optioservus rugulosus
      Species - Optioservus variabilis
      Species - Optioservus inahatai
      Species - Optioservus masakazui
      Species - Optioservus occidens
      Species - Optioservus ogatai
      Species - Optioservus sakaii
      Species - Optioservus yoshitomii
      Species - Optioservus elegans
      Species - Optioservus tardellus