Description
Habitat
Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of 226 meters (740 feet).Standard Deviation = 511.790 based on 6 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
()
- Aguinaldo Et Al., 1997 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
()
- Cuvier
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
()
- Latreille, 1829
- arthropods
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
()
- Snodgrass, 1938
- Infraphylum:
Atelocerata
()
- Heymons, 1901
- Superclass:
Panhexapoda
()
- Epiclass:
Hexapoda
()
- Class:
Insecta
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Insects
- Subclass:
Dicondylia
()
- Infraclass:
Pterygota
()
- Order:
Coleoptera
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Suborder:
Polyphaga
()
- Emery, 1886
- Infraorder:
Scarabaeiformia
()
- Superfamily:
Hydrophiloidea
()
- Family:
Histeridae
()
- Family:
Histeridae
(
- Superfamily:
Hydrophiloidea
(
- Infraorder:
Scarabaeiformia
(
- Suborder:
Polyphaga
(
- Order:
Coleoptera
(
- Infraclass:
Pterygota
(
- Subclass:
Dicondylia
(
- Class:
Insecta
(
- Epiclass:
Hexapoda
(
- Superclass:
Panhexapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Atelocerata
(
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
(
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
(
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
(
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 24-Jun-1996
Similar Species
Members of the genus Acritus
There are approximately 31 species in this genus:
A. alticola · A. analis · A. blackburni · A. blighi · A. caldwelli · A. cingulidens · A. copricola · A. dogueti · A. elgonensis · A. exiguus · A. fimetarius · A. griffithi · A. haedillus · A. hammondi · A. helmsi · A. homeopaticus · A. homoeopathicus · A. hopffgarteni · A. italicus · A. komai · A. lamberti · A. leai · A. matthewsi · A. microscopicus · A. minutus · A. nigricornis · A. occidentalis · A. pectinatus · A. rugosus · A. tropicus · A. tuberisternus
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Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 12, 2006.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 08, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 08, 2008:
- GBIF-Sweden: Bugs (GBIF-SE:Artdatabanken)
- Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History: California Beetle Project
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5632990
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-188365
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13841392
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 188365
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 409619
