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 aenescens
      Species - Platynectes decemnotatus
      Species - Platynectes laurianus
      Species - Platynectes magellanicus
      Species - Platynectes nigerrimus
      Species - Platynectes ornatifrons
      Species - Platynectes parananus
      Species - Platynectes reticulosus
      Species - Platynectes rodriguezi
      Species - Platynectes submaculatus
      Species - Platynectes undecimguttatus