Nicrophorus quadrimaculatus

Interesting Facts

Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of 299 meters (982 feet).[1]

Biome: Coastal.

Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia () - C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  - Subkingdom: Bilateria () - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
    - Branch: Protostomia () - Grobben, 1908
      - Infrakingdom: Ecdysozoa () - A.M.A. Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998
        Superphylum: Panarthropoda () - Cuvier
        Phylum: Arthropoda () - Latreille, 1829 - Arthropods
        Subphylum: Mandibulata () - Snodgrass, 1938
        Infraphylum: Atelocerata () - Heymons, 1901
        Superclass: Panhexapoda ()
        Epiclass: Hexapoda ()
        Subclass: Dicondylia ()
        Infraclass: Pterygota ()
        Order: Coleoptera () - C. Linnaeus, 1758
        Suborder: Polyphaga () - Emery, 1886 - a genus of Blister Beetles (Meloidae)
        Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia ()
        Superfamily: Staphylinoidea ()
        Family: Silphidae ()
        Subfamily: Nicrophorinae ()
        Genus: Nicrophorus () - Fabricius, 1775
        Specific name: quadrimaculatus - Matthews, 1888
        Scientific name: - Nicrophorus quadrimaculatus Matthews, 1888

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 09-Feb-2007

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Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 22, 2007:

Standard Deviation = 461.680 based on 161 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]