NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Subgenus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Microvelia
  Subfamily - Microveliinae
  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 - Microvelia vagans
      Species - Microvelia plumbea
      Species - Microvelia oceanica
      Species - Microvelia starmuehlneri
      Species - Microvelia kyushuensis
      Species - Microvelia trichota
      Species - Microvelia morimotoi
      Species - Microvelia prompta
      Species - Microvelia tasmaniensis
      Species - Microvelia macgregori
      Species - Microvelia lilliput
      Species - Microvelia kakadu
      Species - Microvelia loriae
      Species - Microvelia pacifica