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: 2007

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Subfamily - Limnichinae
  Family - Limnichidae
  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 - Limnichites foraminosus
      Species - Limnichites huronicus
      Species - Limnichites nebulosus
      Species - Limnichites olivaceus
      Species - Limnichites perforatus
      Species - Limnichites punctatus
      Species - Limnichites browni
      Species - Limnichites confertus
      Species - Limnichites imparatus
      Species - Limnichites porrectus
      Species - Limnichites rudis
      Species - Limnichites simplex