NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Subgenus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Tropisternus
  Tribe - Hydrophilini
  Subfamily - Hydrophilinae
  Family - Hydrophilidae
  Superfamily - Hydrophiloidea
  Infraorder - Staphyliniformia
  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 - Tropisternus lateralis
      Species - Tropisternus mixtus
      Species - Tropisternus natator
      Species - Tropisternus columbianus
      Species - Tropisternus blatchleyi
      Species - Tropisternus glaber
      Species - Tropisternus sublaevis
      Species - Tropisternus quadristriatus
      Species - Tropisternus salsamentus
      Species - Tropisternus californicus
      Species - Tropisternus obscurus
      Species - Tropisternus orvus
      Species - Tropisternus affinis