Description
Habitat
Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of 7 meters (21 feet).Standard Deviation = 21.160 based on 70 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
()
- Superorder:
Condylognatha
()
- Order:
Heteroptera
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Suborder:
Heteroptera
()
- Infraorder:
Cimicomorpha
()
- Superfamily:
Cimicoidea
()
-
- Family:
Anthocoridae
()
- (Amyot & Serville, 1843)
- Family:
Anthocoridae
(
- Superfamily:
Cimicoidea
(
- Infraorder:
Cimicomorpha
(
- Suborder:
Heteroptera
(
- Order:
Heteroptera
(
- Superorder:
Condylognatha
(
- 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
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Nabis
There are approximately 57 species in this genus:
N. alternatus (Western Damsel Bug) · N. alternatus alternatus · N. alternatus uniformis (Western Damsel Bug) · N. americanus · N. americoferus (Common Damsel Bug) · N. americolimbatus · N. apicalis · N. biformis · N. brevis · N. brevis brevis · N. capsiformis (Pale Damsel Bug) · N. christophi · N. curtipennis · N. edax · N. ericetorum · N. ferus · N. flavimarginatus · N. flavomarginatus · N. fraternus · N. gagneorum · N. giffardi · N. hispanicus · N. inscriptus · N. kalmii · N. kinbergii · N. koelensis · N. lativentris · N. limbatus · N. lineatus · N. lovetti · N. mediterraneus · N. meridionalis · N. mumfordi · N. occidentalis · N. oscillans · N. palifer · N. pallidus · N. persimilis · N. picalis · N. ponticus · N. provencalis · N. pseudoferus · N. pseudoferus azorensis · N. pseudoferus ibericus · N. pseudoferus orientarius · N. pseudoferus pseudoferus · N. punctatus · N. punctatus punctatus · N. reuteri · N. reuterianus · N. riegeri · N. roseipennis · N. rufusculus · N. rugosus · N. sareptanus · N. stenoferus · N. viridulus
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Notes
Contributors
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed December 15, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 15, 2007:
- The Swedish Museum of Natural History
- , Bugs
- University of Turku provider, Heteroptera collections of SW Finland
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5984934
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 16458382
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2017457
