NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Porzana
  Family - Rallidae
  Order - Gruiformes
  Class - Aves
  Superclass - Tetrapoda
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Subspecies - Porzana pusilla affinis
      Subspecies - Porzana pusilla intermedia
      Subspecies - Porzana pusilla mayri
      Subspecies - Porzana pusilla mira
      Subspecies - Porzana pusilla obscura
      Subspecies - Porzana pusilla palustris
      Subspecies - Porzana pusilla pusilla