NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Subgenus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Megadytes
  Tribe - Cybistrini
  Subfamily - Dytiscinae
  Family - Dytiscidae
  Suborder - Adephaga
  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 - Megadytes fraternus
      Species - Megadytes carcharias
      Species - Megadytes ecuadorius
      Species - Megadytes flohri
      Species - Megadytes guayanensis
      Species - Megadytes guignoti
      Species - Megadytes laevigatus
      Species - Megadytes latus
      Species - Megadytes marginithorax
      Species - Megadytes steinheili