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: 2017

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Velocipedidae
  Superfamily - Velocipedoidea
  Infraorder - Cimicomorpha
  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 - Costomedes gressitti
      Species - Costomedes gazelle
      Species - Costomedes solomonensis
      Species - Costomedes heissi
      Species - Costomedes morobensis
      Species - Costomedes hirsutus
      Species - Costomedes sedlaceki
      Species - Costomedes fakfakensis
      Species - Costomedes toxopeusi
      Species - Costomedes cheesmanae
      Species - Costomedes karimui