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: 2006

Taxonomic Heirarchy

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

      Direct Children

      Species - Megapodius freycinet
      Species - Megapodius laperouse
      Species - Megapodius nicobariensis
      Species - Megapodius cumingii
      Species - Megapodius bernsteinii
      Species - Megapodius reinwardt
      Species - Megapodius eremita
      Species - Megapodius layardi
      Species - Megapodius pritchardii
      Species - Megapodius tenimberensis
      Species - Megapodius geelvinkianus
      Species - Megapodius forstenii
      Species - Megapodius decollatus