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: 2011

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Tribe - Aspidimorphini
  Subfamily - Cassidinae
  Family - Chrysomelidae
  Superfamily - Chrysomeloidea
  Infraorder - Cucujiformia
  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

      Subgenus - Aspidimorpha (Aspidimorpha)
      Subgenus - Aspidimorpha (Afroaspidimorpha)
      Subgenus - Aspidimorpha (Aspidocassis)
      Subgenus - Aspidimorpha (Dianaspis)
      Subgenus - Aspidimorpha (Megaspidomorpha)
      Subgenus - Aspidimorpha (Neoaspidimorpha)
      Subgenus - Aspidimorpha (Semiaspidimorpha)
      Subgenus - Aspidimorpha (Spaethia)
      Subgenus - Aspidimorpha (Spaethiomorpha)
      Subgenus - Aspidimorpha (Weiseocassis)