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 - Trochilinae
  Family - Trochilidae
  Order - Apodiformes
  Class - Aves
  Superclass - Tetrapoda
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Metallura williami
      Species - Metallura baroni
      Species - Metallura odomae
      Species - Metallura theresiae
      Species - Metallura eupogon
      Species - Metallura aeneocauda
      Species - Metallura phoebe
      Species - Metallura tyrianthina
      Species - Metallura iracunda