kingdom: Animalia >
phylum: Chordata >
subphylum: Vertebrata >
infraphylum: Gnathostomata >
parvphylum: Osteichthyes >
megaclass: Tetrapoda >
class: Aves >
order: Procellariiformes >
family: Hydrobatidae Mathews, 1912 >
subfamily: Oceanitinae Forbes, 1882 >
species: Oceanites oceanicus (Kuhl, 1820) >