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 - Perissolestes aculeatus
      Species - Perissolestes castor
      Species - Perissolestes cornutus
      Species - Perissolestes flinti
      Species - Perissolestes guianensis
      Species - Perissolestes klugi
      Species - Perissolestes magdalenae
      Species - Perissolestes paprzyckii
      Species - Perissolestes pollux
      Species - Perissolestes remotus
      Species - Perissolestes remus
      Species - Perissolestes romulus