Overview
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A Parv-order in the Kingdom Animalia.
Taxonomy
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The Parvorder Cerylida is a member of the Infraorder Alcedinides. Here is the complete "parentage" of Cerylida:
- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia
Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Branch: Deuterostomia
Grobben, 1908 - Deuterostomes
- Infrakingdom: Chordonia
(Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum: Chordata
Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
- Subphylum: Vertebrata
Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
- Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass: Tetrapoda
Goodrich, 1930 - Tetrapods
- Class: Aves
Linnaeus, 1758 - Birds
- Subclass: Neornithes
Gadow, 1893
- Infraclass: Neoaves
- Superorder: Coraciimorphae
- Order: Coraciiformes
Forbes, 1884 - Kingfishers, Rollers
- Suborder: Alcedini
- Infraorder: Alcedinides
- Parvorder: Cerylida
- Infraorder: Alcedinides
- Suborder: Alcedini
- Order: Coraciiformes
Forbes, 1884 - Kingfishers, Rollers
- Superorder: Coraciimorphae
- Infraclass: Neoaves
- Subclass: Neornithes
Gadow, 1893
- Class: Aves
Linnaeus, 1758 - Birds
- Superclass: Tetrapoda
Goodrich, 1930 - Tetrapods
- Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
- Subphylum: Vertebrata
Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
- Phylum: Chordata
Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
- Infrakingdom: Chordonia
(Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Branch: Deuterostomia
Grobben, 1908 - Deuterostomes
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Kingdom: Animalia
Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
The Parvorder Cerylida is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Series (1): Amniota
- Family (2): Cerylidae · Halcyonidae
Families
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Cerylidae
The water kingfishers or Cerylidae are one of the three families of kingfishers, and are also known as the cerylid kingfishers. All six American species are in this family. [more]
Halcyonidae
A Family in the Kingdom Animalia.[1] [more]
At least 12 species and subspecies belong to the Family Halcyonidae.
More info about the Family Halcyonidae may be found here.
Bibliography
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- Pence DB, Gray PN, Journal of medical entomology. 1996 Sep;33(5):772-6.
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Sources
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