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: 2011

Taxonomic Heirarchy

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

      Direct Children

      Species - Thalasseus elegans
      Species - Thalasseus sandvicensis
      Species - Thalasseus acuflavidus
      Species - Thalasseus bengalensis
      Species - Thalasseus bergii
      Species - Thalasseus bernsteini
      Species - Thalasseus maximus