Sterna Linnaeus, 1758
(terns)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Sterna paradisaea
Arctic Tern
Species 1 ident. refs
[Sterna hirundo/paradisea]
"commic" tern
Informal 1 subtaxa 2 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusSterna (terns)
FamilyLARIDAE (sea gulls)
OrderCHARADRIIFORMES (plovers and sea birds)
ClassAVES (birds)
SuperclassTETRAPODA (a superclass of unassigneds)
PhylumCHORDATA (vertebrates)
SuperphylumDEUTEROSTOMIA (deuterostomes)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Sterna (terns) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Sterna (terns)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Sterna (terns)
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