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

  Subfamily - Ranatrinae
  Family - Nepidae
  Superfamily - Nepoidea
  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 - Ranatra australis
      Species - Ranatra buenoi
      Species - Ranatra kirkaldyi
      Species - Ranatra nigra
      Species - Ranatra fusca
      Species - Ranatra linearis
      Species - Ranatra brevicollis
      Species - Ranatra drakei
      Species - Ranatra montezuma
      Species - Ranatra quadridentata
      Species - Ranatra texana