NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Subgenus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Platypria
  Tribe - Hispini
  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

      Species - Platypria acanthion
      Species - Platypria bakeri
      Species - Platypria chaetomys
      Species - Platypria chiroptera
      Species - Platypria dimidiata
      Species - Platypria echidna
      Species - Platypria erinaceus
      Species - Platypria feae
      Species - Platypria fenestrata
      Species - Platypria hystrix
      Species - Platypria infuscata
      Species - Platypria longispina
      Species - Platypria melli
      Species - Platypria moluccana
      Species - Platypria paucispinosa
      Species - Platypria seminigra
      Species - Platypria subopaca