Gaviiformes
Translingual
Etymology
Gavia + -iformes
Proper noun
Gaviiformes
- A taxonomic order within the subclass Aves – the loons or divers.
Hypernyms
- (order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Reptilia - class; Aves - subclass; Neognathae - infraclass
Hyponyms
- (order): Gaviidae - (the sole surviving family)
References
- Gaviiformes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Gaviiformes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Gaviiformes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Gaviiformes 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