Oceanites | |
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Wilson's storm petrel 'walking' on the water off of Hatteras, North Carolina. | |
Scientific classification | |
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
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Species | |
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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: