NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Phaethon
  Family - Phaethontidae
  Order - Phaethontiformes
  Class - Aves
  Superclass - Tetrapoda
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Subspecies - Phaethon lepturus catesbyi
      Subspecies - Phaethon lepturus lepturus
      Subspecies - Phaethon lepturus ascensionis
      Subspecies - Phaethon lepturus dorotheae
      Subspecies - Phaethon lepturus europae
      Subspecies - Phaethon lepturus fulvus