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: 2018

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Tribe - Metrobatini
  Subfamily - Trepobatinae
  Family - Gerridae
  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 - Metrobates hesperius
      Species - Metrobates trux
      Species - Metrobates alacris
      Species - Metrobates anomalus
      Species - Metrobates artus
      Species - Metrobates denticornis
      Species - Metrobates plaumanni
      Species - Metrobates vigilis
      Species - Metrobates fugientis
      Species - Metrobates curracis
      Species - Metrobates laetus
      Species - Metrobates laudatus
      Species - Metrobates porcus
      Species - Metrobates tumidus
      Species - Metrobates amblydonti