NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Subgenus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Platysoma
  Tribe - Platysomatini
  Subfamily - Histerinae
  Family - Histeridae
  Superfamily - Histeroidea
  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 - Platysoma directum
      Species - Platysoma afghanum
      Species - Platysoma angustatum
      Species - Platysoma coarctatum
      Species - Platysoma cornix
      Species - Platysoma elongatum
      Species - Platysoma filiforme
      Species - Platysoma lineare
      Species - Platysoma lineicolle
      Species - Platysoma parallelum
      Species - Platysoma punctigerum
      Species - Platysoma yunnanum