NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: partial
Latest Record Review: 2006

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Tribe - Notonectini
  Subfamily - Notonectinae
  Family - Notonectidae
  Superfamily - Notonectoidea
  Infraorder - Nepomorpha
  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 - Notonecta ochrothoe
      Subgenus - Notonecta (Bichromonecta)
      Subgenus - Notonecta (Erythronecta)
      Subgenus - Notonecta (Notonecta)
      Subgenus - Notonecta (Paranecta)