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: 2016

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Subfamily - Veliinae
  Family - Veliidae
  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 - Platyvelia beameri
      Species - Platyvelia brachialis
      Species - Platyvelia summersi
      Species - Platyvelia verdica
      Species - Platyvelia alvaradana
      Species - Platyvelia annulipes
      Species - Platyvelia egregia
      Species - Platyvelia maritima
      Species - Platyvelia verana