NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Electron
  Family - Momotidae
  Order - Coraciiformes
  Class - Aves
  Superclass - Tetrapoda
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Subspecies - Electron platyrhynchum chlorophrys
      Subspecies - Electron platyrhynchum colombianum
      Subspecies - Electron platyrhynchum minus
      Subspecies - Electron platyrhynchum orienticola
      Subspecies - Electron platyrhynchum platyrhynchum
      Subspecies - Electron platyrhynchum pyrrholaemum