NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Eudyptula
  Family - Spheniscidae
  Order - Sphenisciformes
  Class - Aves
  Superclass - Tetrapoda
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Subspecies - Eudyptula minor albosignata
      Subspecies - Eudyptula minor chathamensis
      Subspecies - Eudyptula minor iredalei
      Subspecies - Eudyptula minor minor
      Subspecies - Eudyptula minor novaehollandiae
      Subspecies - Eudyptula minor variabilis