NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: complete
Latest Record Review: 2016

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Tribe - Parhydraenini
  Subfamily - Hydraeninae
  Family - Hydraenidae
  Superfamily - Staphylinoidea
  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 - Discozantaena genuvela
      Species - Discozantaena sequentia
      Species - Discozantaena endroedyi
      Species - Discozantaena drakensbergensis
      Species - Discozantaena brevicollis
      Species - Discozantaena galea
      Species - Discozantaena karroo
      Species - Discozantaena ovata
      Species - Discozantaena tibiovela
      Species - Discozantaena leleupi
      Species - Discozantaena sepiola
      Species - Discozantaena occidentalis