NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

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

      Direct Children

      Subspecies - Larus fuscus graellsii
      Subspecies - Larus fuscus fuscus
      Subspecies - Larus fuscus barabensis
      Subspecies - Larus fuscus heuglini
      Subspecies - Larus fuscus intermedius
      Subspecies - Larus fuscus taimyrensis