NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Subgenus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Velia
  Subfamily - Veliinae
  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 - Velia affinis
      Species - Velia caprai
      Species - Velia mancinii
      Species - Velia mariae
      Species - Velia saulii
      Species - Velia currens
      Species - Velia muelleri
      Species - Velia pelagonensis
      Species - Velia gridellii
      Species - Velia hoberlandti
      Species - Velia rhadamantha
      Species - Velia serbica
      Species - Velia noualhieri
      Species - Velia africana
      Species - Velia atlantica
      Species - Velia concii
      Species - Velia eckerleini
      Species - Velia ioannis
      Species - Velia kiritshenkoi
      Species - Velia lindbergi
      Species - Velia maderensis
      Species - Velia sarda