NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Rhea
  Family - Rheidae
  Order - Rheiformes
  Class - Aves
  Superclass - Tetrapoda
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Subspecies - Rhea americana albescens
      Subspecies - Rhea americana americana
      Subspecies - Rhea americana araneipes
      Subspecies - Rhea americana intermedia
      Subspecies - Rhea americana nobilis