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: 2016

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Subfamily - Perittopinae
  Family - Veliidae
  Superfamily - Gerroidea
  Infraorder - Gerromorpha
  Suborder - Heteroptera
  Order - Hemiptera
  Superorder - Paraneoptera
  Infraclass - Neoptera
  Subclass - Pterygota
  Class - Insecta
  Subphylum - Hexapoda
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Perittopus asiaticus
      Species - Perittopus webbi
      Species - Perittopus zimmermannae
      Species - Perittopus rufus
      Species - Perittopus campbelli
      Species - Perittopus horvathi
      Species - Perittopus crinalis
      Species - Perittopus falciformis
      Species - Perittopus yunnanensis
      Species - Perittopus zhengi
      Species - Perittopus borneensis
      Species - Perittopus sumatrensis
      Species - Perittopus schuhi
      Species - Perittopus breddini
      Species - Perittopus vicarians
      Species - Perittopus ceylanicus
      Species - Perittopus maculatus