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: 2014

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Subfamily - Deirochelyinae
  Family - Emydidae
  Superfamily - Testudinoidea
  Suborder - Cryptodira
  Order - Testudines
  Class - Reptilia
  Superclass - Tetrapoda
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Graptemys barbouri
      Species - Graptemys caglei
      Species - Graptemys flavimaculata
      Species - Graptemys geographica
      Species - Graptemys nigrinoda
      Species - Graptemys oculifera
      Species - Graptemys ouachitensis
      Species - Graptemys pseudogeographica
      Species - Graptemys pulchra
      Species - Graptemys versa
      Species - Graptemys gibbonsi
      Species - Graptemys ernsti
      Species - Graptemys pearlensis