NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Subgenus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Microvelia
  Subfamily - Microveliinae
  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 - Microvelia americana
      Species - Microvelia gerhardi
      Species - Microvelia paludicola
      Species - Microvelia beameri
      Species - Microvelia californiensis
      Species - Microvelia fasciculifera
      Species - Microvelia torquata
      Species - Microvelia ubatuba
      Species - Microvelia ayacuchana
      Species - Microvelia braziliensis