NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Calidris
  Family - Scolopacidae
  Order - Charadriiformes
  Class - Aves
  Superclass - Tetrapoda
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Subspecies - Calidris alpina alpina
      Subspecies - Calidris alpina pacifica
      Subspecies - Calidris alpina arctica
      Subspecies - Calidris alpina schinzii
      Subspecies - Calidris alpina actites
      Subspecies - Calidris alpina arcticola
      Subspecies - Calidris alpina centralis
      Subspecies - Calidris alpina hudsonia
      Subspecies - Calidris alpina kistchinski
      Subspecies - Calidris alpina sakhalina