NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Subgenus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Platynectes
  Tribe - Agabini
  Subfamily - Agabinae
  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 - Platynectes ambonensis
      Species - Platynectes australicus
      Species - Platynectes babai
      Species - Platynectes bakewelli
      Species - Platynectes beroni
      Species - Platynectes buruensis
      Species - Platynectes chapmani
      Species - Platynectes chujoi
      Species - Platynectes darlingtoni
      Species - Platynectes decastigma
      Species - Platynectes decempunctatus
      Species - Platynectes deletus
      Species - Platynectes dissimilis
      Species - Platynectes gigas
      Species - Platynectes hainanensis
      Species - Platynectes jaechi
      Species - Platynectes javanus
      Species - Platynectes kashmiranus
      Species - Platynectes manusela
      Species - Platynectes moluccensis
      Species - Platynectes monostigma
      Species - Platynectes neoguineensis
      Species - Platynectes octodecimmaculatus
      Species - Platynectes ranongensis
      Species - Platynectes semperi
      Species - Platynectes tasmaniae
      Species - Platynectes gemellatus
      Species - Platynectes mazzoldii
      Species - Platynectes nanlingensis
      Species - Platynectes rihai
      Species - Platynectes wewalkai
      Species - Platynectes njai
      Species - Platynectes major