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: 2005

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Subfamily - Alcedininae
  Family - Alcedinidae
  Order - Coraciiformes
  Class - Aves
  Superclass - Tetrapoda
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Ceyx lepidus
      Species - Ceyx melanurus
      Species - Ceyx fallax
      Species - Ceyx lecontei
      Species - Ceyx pictus
      Species - Ceyx erithaca
      Species - Ceyx madagascariensis