Procellariiformes

Translingual

Etymology

Procellaria +‎ -iformes.

Proper noun

Procellariiformes

A taxonomic order within the subclass Aves – the petrels, shearwaters, albatrosses, etc. Formerly known as Tubinares.

Hypernyms

(order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Reptilia - class; Aves - subclass; Neognathae - infraclass; Neoaves - superorder

Hyponyms

(order): Diomedeidae — petrels, Procellariidae — petrels, albatrosses, etc, Pelecanoididae — diving petrels, Hydrobatidae — storm-petrels

References

Procellariiformes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Procellariiformes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Procellariiformes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Procellariiformes at Avian Taxonomy in Flux
Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521

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