Biology:Oceanites

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Short description: Genus of birds

Oceanites
Oceanites oceanicusPCCA20070623-3634B.jpg
Wilson's storm petrel 'walking' on the water off of Hatteras, North Carolina.
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Procellariiformes
Family: Oceanitidae
Genus: Oceanites
Keyserling & Blasius, 1840
Type species
Procellaria wilsonii[1]
Bonaparte = Procellaria oceanica Kuhl
Species
  • O. oceanicus
  • O. gracilis
  • O. pincoyae

Oceanites is a genus of seabird in the austral storm petrel family. The genus name refers to the mythical Oceanids, the three thousand daughters of Tethys.[2]

It contains the following species:

References

  1. Peters, JL (1931). Check-list of birds of the world. 1. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. pp. 68–69. https://archive.org/stream/checklistofbirds11931pete#page/68/mode/1up. 
  2. Jobling, James A (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 279. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4. https://archive.org/details/helmdictionarysc00jobl_997. 

Wikidata ☰ Q2347332 entry