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: 2015

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Podicipedidae
  Order - Podicipediformes
  Class - Aves
  Superclass - Tetrapoda
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Podiceps grisegena
      Species - Podiceps auritus
      Species - Podiceps nigricollis
      Species - Podiceps cristatus
      Species - Podiceps major
      Species - Podiceps occipitalis
      Species - Podiceps taczanowskii
      Species - Podiceps andinus
      Species - Podiceps gallardoi