Oceanites

Oceanites
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
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:

• Wilson's storm petrel, Oceanites oceanicus
• Elliot's storm petrel, Oceanites gracilis
• Pincoya storm petrel, Oceanites pincoyae

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Genera of penguins, petrels, and albatrosses and their extinct allies

• Kingdom: Animalia
• Phylum: Chordata
• Class: Aves
• Infraclass: Neognathae
• Clade: Austrodyptornithes

Sphenisciformes
incertae sedis †Arthrodytes †Aprosdokitos †Kaiika †Kumimanu †Kupoupou †Muriwaimanu †Nucleornis †Orthopteryx †Petradyptes †Sequiwaimanu †Tonniornis †Waimanu †Wimanornis Spheniscidae †Crossvallia †Dege †Duntroonornis †Korora †Icadyptes †Inguza †Inkayacu †Kairuku †Marambiornopsis †Marplesornis †Palaeoapterodytes †Perudyptes †Pseudaptenodytes †Tasidyptes †Tereingaornis †Palaeospheniscinae Eretiscus Palaeospheniscus †Paraptenodytinae Arthrodytes Paraptenodytes †"Palaeeudyptinae" Anthropodyptes Anthropornis Archaeospheniscus Delphinornis Marambiornis Mesetaornis Pachydyptes Palaeeudyptes Platydyptes Spheniscinae Aptenodytes Eudyptes Eudyptula †Madrynornis Megadyptes Pygoscelis Spheniscus

Procellariiformes
incertae sedis †Kievornis †Lonchodytes? †Makahala †Diomedeoididae Diomedeoides Rupelornis †Marinavidae Marinavis †Tytthostonychidae Tytthostonyx Diomedeidae †Aldiomedes †Diomedavus Diomedea †Murunkus †Notoleptos Phoebastria Phoebetria †Plotornis Thalassarche †Tydea Oceanitidae Fregetta Garrodia Nesofregetta Oceanites Pelagodroma Hydrobatidae Hydrobates Procellariidae Aphrodroma Ardenna †Argyrodyptes Bulweria Calonectris Daption †Eopuffinus Fulmarus Halobaena Macronectes Pachyptila Pagodroma Pelecanoides †Primodroma Procellaria Pseudobulweria Pterodroma †Pterodromoides Puffinus Thalassoica

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