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: 2006

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Subfamily - Aegialitinae
  Family - Salpingidae
  Superfamily - Tenebrionoidea
  Infraorder - Cucujiformia
  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 - Aegialites subopacus
      Species - Aegialites californicus
      Species - Aegialites debilis
      Species - Aegialites charlottae
      Species - Aegialites latus
      Species - Aegialites canadensis
      Species - Aegialites alaskaensis
      Species - Aegialites saintgeorgensis
      Species - Aegialites saintpaulensis
      Species - Aegialites marinensis
      Species - Aegialites longicornis
      Species - Aegialites farallonensis
      Species - Aegialites fuchsii