NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Subgenus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Pedetontus
  Subfamily - Petrobiinae
  Family - Machilidae
  Order - Archaeognatha
  Subclass - Archaeognatha
  Class - Insecta
  Subphylum - Hexapoda
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Pedetontus yosemite
      Species - Pedetontus schicki
      Species - Pedetontus saltator
      Species - Pedetontus superior
      Species - Pedetontus palaearcticus
      Species - Pedetontus californicus