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

      Species - Potamometropsis poring
      Species - Potamometropsis bruneiensis
      Species - Potamometropsis kundesan
      Species - Potamometropsis sabah
      Species - Potamometropsis crassifemur
      Species - Potamometropsis fischeri
      Species - Potamometropsis obnubila
      Species - Potamometropsis hoogstraali
      Species - Potamometropsis luzonica
      Species - Potamometropsis anomalis
      Species - Potamometropsis werneri
      Species - Potamometropsis ikarus
      Species - Potamometropsis longipes
      Species - Potamometropsis sumaldei