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A Genus in the Kingdom Animalia.
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Taxonomy
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The Genus Procellaria is a member of the Family Procellariidae. Here is the complete "parentage" of Procellaria:
- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Branch: Deuterostomia
Grobben, 1908 - Deuterostomes
- Infrakingdom: Chordonia
(Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum: Chordata
Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
- Subphylum: Vertebrata
Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
- Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass: Tetrapoda
Goodrich, 1930 - Tetrapods
- Class: Sauropsida
Linnaeus, 1758
- Subclass: Avialae
Gauthier, 1986
- Infraclass: Aves
(C. Linnaeus, 1758) - Birds
- Cohort: Neognathae
Pycraft, 1900
- Superorder: Procellariimorphae
Fürbringer, 1888
- Order: Procellariiformes
(Fürbringer, 1888) - Tubenoses
- Suborder: Procellarae
Gadow, 1893
- Infraorder: Ciconiides
- Parvorder: Ciconiida
- Superfamily: Procellarioidea
Fürbringer, 1888
- Family: Procellariidae
Leach, 1820 - Fulmars, Petrels, pétrels, Shearwaters
- Genus: Procellaria C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Procellaria
- Family: Procellariidae
Leach, 1820 - Fulmars, Petrels, pétrels, Shearwaters
- Superfamily: Procellarioidea
Fürbringer, 1888
- Parvorder: Ciconiida
- Infraorder: Ciconiides
- Suborder: Procellarae
Gadow, 1893
- Order: Procellariiformes
(Fürbringer, 1888) - Tubenoses
- Superorder: Procellariimorphae
Fürbringer, 1888
- Cohort: Neognathae
Pycraft, 1900
- Infraclass: Aves
(C. Linnaeus, 1758) - Birds
- Subclass: Avialae
Gauthier, 1986
- Class: Sauropsida
Linnaeus, 1758
- Superclass: Tetrapoda
Goodrich, 1930 - Tetrapods
- Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
- Subphylum: Vertebrata
Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
- Phylum: Chordata
Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
- Infrakingdom: Chordonia
(Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Branch: Deuterostomia
Grobben, 1908 - Deuterostomes
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Kingdom: Animalia
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
The Genus Procellaria is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 36 species and subspecies in the Genus Procellaria: P. aequinoctialis (White-Chinned Petrel) · P. aequinoctialis aequinoctialis (Cape Hen) · P. aequinoctialis conspicillata · P. aequinoctialis steadi · P. brevirostris · P. bulwerii · P. capensis · P. cinerea (Gray Petrel) · P. cinereus · P. cineria · P. conspicillata (Spectacled Petrel) · P. cookii · P. diomedea · P. forsteri · P. gigantea · P. glacialis · P. glacialoides · P. gravis · P. grisea · P. leachi · P. leachii · P. leucomelas · P. leucoptera · P. leucorhoa · P. lugens · P. lugubris · P. marina · P. mollis · P. oceanica · P. parkinsoni (Parkinson's Petrel) · P. pelagica · P. solandri · P. tenuirostris · P. torquata · P. vittata · P. westlandica (Westland Petrel)
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