Oceanites
| Oceanites | |
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| Wilson's storm petrel 'walking' on the water off of Hatteras, North Carolina. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Procellariiformes |
| Family: | Hydrobatidae |
| Subfamily: | Oceanitinae |
| Genus: | Oceanites Keyserling & Blasius, 1840 |
| Species | |
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Oceanites is a genus of seabird in the storm petrel family. The genus name refers to the mythical Oceanids, the three thousand daughters of Tethys.[1]
It contains the following species:
- Wilson's storm petrel, Oceanites oceanicus
- Elliot's storm petrel, Oceanites gracilis
- Pincoya storm petrel, Oceanites pincoyae
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