Genus Aphriza (Noun)
Meaning
A genus of Scolopacidae.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- Aphriza virgata is a member of the genus Aphriza, which consists of one or two species in the Scolopacidae family.
- Genus Aphriza includes one of the two types of turnstones recognized within the family Scolopacidae.
- Genus Aphriza includes two different types of species but more studies may help verify or split these different groups of shorebirds in Scolopacidae.
- Members of genus Aphriza of Scolopacidae were more numerous at sites closer to feeding areas where fish scraps accumulated and brought several opportunistic predators together.
- Many classification techniques also recognized only a single representative within genus Aphriza within Scolopacidae that most members shared, some significant shared, distinguishing genetic factors in genus.