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

  Family - Perilestidae
  Suborder - Zygoptera
  Order - Odonata
  Infraclass - Palaeoptera
  Subclass - Pterygota
  Class - Insecta
  Subphylum - Hexapoda
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Perilestes attenuatus
      Species - Perilestes bispinus
      Species - Perilestes fragilis
      Species - Perilestes gracillimus
      Species - Perilestes kahli
      Species - Perilestes minor
      Species - Perilestes solutus