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

  Subfamily - Ptilomerinae
  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

      Subgenus - Ptilomera (Proptilomera)
      Subgenus - Ptilomera (Ptilomera)
      Species - Ptilomera jariyae
      Species - Ptilomera tennaserim
      Species - Ptilomera sumbaensis
      Species - Ptilomera maai
      Species - Ptilomera pamphagus
      Species - Ptilomera cheesmanae
      Species - Ptilomera jimi
      Species - Ptilomera morobe
      Species - Ptilomera omo
      Species - Ptilomera kiunga
      Species - Ptilomera timika
      Species - Ptilomera iriana
      Species - Ptilomera wapoga
      Species - Ptilomera yapenana
      Species - Ptilomera etna
      Species - Ptilomera wewak
      Species - Ptilomera biroi
      Species - Ptilomera kutubu
      Species - Ptilomera arfak
      Species - Ptilomera waigeo
      Species - Ptilomera misoolensis
      Species - Ptilomera insularis
      Species - Ptilomera novabrittanica
      Species - Ptilomera bismarckensis
      Species - Ptilomera fang
      Species - Ptilomera burmana
      Species - Ptilomera hemmingseni
      Species - Ptilomera kra
      Species - Ptilomera hungerfordi
      Species - Ptilomera palawanensis
      Species - Ptilomera chiasma