NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

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

      Direct Children

      Subspecies - Tephrodornis virgatus annectens
      Subspecies - Tephrodornis virgatus frenatus
      Subspecies - Tephrodornis virgatus fretensis
      Subspecies - Tephrodornis virgatus hainanus
      Subspecies - Tephrodornis virgatus jugans
      Subspecies - Tephrodornis virgatus latouchei
      Subspecies - Tephrodornis virgatus mekongensis
      Subspecies - Tephrodornis virgatus pelvicus
      Subspecies - Tephrodornis virgatus verneyi
      Subspecies - Tephrodornis virgatus virgatus