NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

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

      Direct Children

      Subspecies - Melozone crissalis bullata
      Subspecies - Melozone crissalis carolae
      Subspecies - Melozone crissalis petulans
      Subspecies - Melozone crissalis crissalis
      Subspecies - Melozone crissalis eremophila
      Subspecies - Melozone crissalis senicula
      Subspecies - Melozone crissalis aripolia
      Subspecies - Melozone crissalis albigula