NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Aphelocoma
  Family - Corvidae
  Order - Passeriformes
  Class - Aves
  Superclass - Tetrapoda
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Subspecies - Aphelocoma californica cactophila
      Subspecies - Aphelocoma californica californica
      Subspecies - Aphelocoma californica cana
      Subspecies - Aphelocoma californica caurina
      Subspecies - Aphelocoma californica hypoleuca
      Subspecies - Aphelocoma californica immanis
      Subspecies - Aphelocoma californica obscura
      Subspecies - Aphelocoma californica oocleptica