NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: No review; untreated NODC data
Global Species Completeness: unknown
Latest Record Review: unknown

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Tribe - Discocerinini
  Subfamily - Psilopinae
  Family - Ephydridae
  Infraorder - Muscomorpha
  Suborder - Brachycera
  Order - Diptera
  Superorder - Holometabola
  Infraclass - Neoptera
  Subclass - Pterygota
  Class - Insecta
  Subphylum - Hexapoda
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Discocerina brunneonitens
      Species - Discocerina flavipes
      Species - Discocerina nadineae
      Species - Discocerina obscura
      Species - Discocerina obscurella
      Species - Discocerina trochanterata
      Species - Discocerina turgidula
      Species - Discocerina mera