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: 2011

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Tribe - Cassidini
  Subfamily - Cassidinae
  Family - Chrysomelidae
  Superfamily - Chrysomeloidea
  Infraorder - Cucujiformia
  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 - Metrionella bilimeki
      Species - Metrionella angularis
      Species - Metrionella biguttula
      Species - Metrionella calva
      Species - Metrionella connata
      Species - Metrionella erratica
      Species - Metrionella glabrescens
      Species - Metrionella irrorata
      Species - Metrionella placans
      Species - Metrionella strandi
      Species - Metrionella tumacoensis
      Species - Metrionella tucumana