Procellariiformes

Translingual

Etymology

Procellaria +‎ -iformes.

Proper noun

Procellariiformes

A taxonomic order within the subclass Aves – 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
Category: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. PMID 25923521, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248

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