NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: unknown
Latest Record Review: 2003

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Subfamily - Platypodinae
  Family - Curculionidae
  Superfamily - Curculionoidea
  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 - Platypus wilsoni
      Species - Platypus quadridentatus
      Species - Platypus pini
      Species - Platypus parallelus
      Species - Platypus flavicornis
      Species - Platypus compositus
      Species - Platypus abietes