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Sterna Linnaeus, 1758

137047  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137047)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Gnathostomata (Infraphylum)
  6. Tetrapoda (Megaclass)
  7. Reptilia (Superclass)
  8. Aves (Class)
  9. Charadriiformes (Order)
  10. Laridae (Family)
  11. Sterna (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Thalasseus Boie, 1822 · unaccepted

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  1. Species Sterna acuticauda Gray, 1832
  2. Species Sterna aurantia Gray, 1831
  3. Species Sterna bengalensis Lesson, 1831
  4. Species Sterna bergii Lichtenstein, 1823
  5. Species Sterna bernsteini Schlegel, 1863
  6. Species Sterna dougallii Montagu, 1813
  7. Species Sterna elegans Gambel, 1849
  8. Species Sterna forsteri Nuttall, 1834
  9. Species Sterna hirundinacea Lesson, 1831
  10. Species Sterna hirundo Linnaeus, 1758
  11. Species Sterna lunata Peale, 1848
  12. Species Sterna maxima Boddaert, 1783
  13. Species Sterna paradisaea Pontoppidan, 1763
  14. Species Sterna repressa Hartert, 1916
  15. Species Sterna sandvicensis Latham, 1787
  16. Species Sterna striata Gmelin, 1789
  17. Species Sterna sumatrana Raffles, 1822
  18. Species Sterna trudeaui Audubon, 1838
  19. Species Sterna virgata Cabanis, 1875
  20. Species Sterna vittata Gmelin, 1789
  21. Species Sterna acuflavida Cabot, 1847 accepted as Thalasseus sandvicensis acuflavidus (Cabot, 1847)
  22. Species Sterna albifrons Pallas, 1764 accepted as Sternula albifrons (Pallas, 1764) (synonym)
  23. Species Sterna albostriata (Gray, 1845) accepted as Chlidonias albostriatus (Gray, 1845)
  24. Species Sterna aleutica Baird, 1869 accepted as Onychoprion aleuticus Baird, 1869 (synonym)
  25. Species Sterna anaethetus Scopoli, 1786 accepted as Onychoprion anaethetus (Scopoli, 1786) (synonym)
  26. Species Sterna anglica Montagu, 1813 accepted as Gelochelidon nilotica (Gmelin, 1789)
  27. Species Sterna antillarum (Lesson, 1847) accepted as Sternula antillarum Lesson, 1847 (synonym)
  28. Species Sterna balaenarum (Strickland, 1852) accepted as Sternula balaenarum (Strickland, 1852) (synonym)
  29. Species Sterna camtschatica Pallas, 1811 accepted as Onychoprion aleuticus Baird, 1869
  30. Species Sterna caspia Pallas, 1770 accepted as Hydroprogne caspia (Pallas, 1770) (synonym)
  31. Species Sterna eurygnatha Saunders, 1876 accepted as Thalasseus sandvicensis acuflavidus (Cabot, 1847)
  32. Species Sterna fluviatilis Naumann, 1839 accepted as Sterna hirundo Linnaeus, 1758
  33. Species Sterna fuscata Linnaeus, 1766 accepted as Onychoprion fuscatus Linnaeus, 1766 (synonym)
  34. Species Sterna leucoptera Temminck, 1815 accepted as Chlidonias leucopterus (Temminck, 1815)
  35. Species Sterna lorata Philippi & Landbeck, 1861 accepted as Sternula lorata Philippi & Landbeck, 1861 (synonym)
  36. Species Sterna melanogaster Temminck, 1827 accepted as Sterna acuticauda Gray, 1832 (synonym)
  37. Species Sterna nereis (Gould, 1843) accepted as Sternula nereis (Gould, 1843) (synonym)
  38. Species Sterna niger Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Chlidonias niger (Linnaeus, 1758)
  39. Species Sterna nigra Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Chlidonias niger (Linnaeus, 1758)
  40. Species Sterna nilotica Gmelin, 1789 accepted as Gelochelidon nilotica (Gmelin, 1789)
  41. Species Sterna pileata Scopoli, 1786 accepted as Anous stolidus pileatus (Scopoli, 1786) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  42. Species Sterna saundersi Hume, 1877 accepted as Sternula saundersi (Hume, 1877) (synonym)
  43. Species Sterna sinensis Gmelin, 1789 accepted as Sternula albifrons sinensis (Gmelin, 1789)
  44. Species Sterna stolida Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Anous stolidus (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  45. Species Sterna superciliaris Vieillot, 1819 accepted as Sternula superciliaris (Vieillot, 1819) (synonym)
  46. Species Sterna tenuirostris Temminck, 1823 accepted as Anous tenuirostris (Temminck, 1823) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  47. Species Sterna tschegrava Ödmann, 1782 accepted as Hydroprogne caspia (Pallas, 1770)
  48. Species Sterna cantiaca accepted as Thalasseus sandvicensis (Latham, 1787) accepted as Sterna sandvicensis Latham, 1787 (uncertain > unassessed)
  49. Species Sterna galericulata (uncertain > unassessed)
  50. Species Sterna magna (uncertain > unassessed)
  51. Species Sterna minuta (uncertain)
marine, terrestrial
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Description Size: small to large. Plumage: white and various shades of grey or black; most with deeply forked tails. Other characters:...  
Description Size: small to large. Plumage: white and various shades of grey or black; most with deeply forked tails. Other characters: tarsus short; bill equal to or longer than head, red and/or yellow; legs red or yellow. <389> [details]
WoRMS (2024). Sterna Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137047 on 2024-11-22
Date
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
van der Land, Jacob
2005-03-29 08:12:19Z
changed
Claus, Simon
2020-06-25 07:35:06Z
changed
Decock, Wim

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original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

basis of record van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 375-376 (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Urban, E. K.; Fry, C. H.; Keith, S. (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. <em>Academic Press, London.</em> [details] 

additional source Jonsson, L. (1993). Vogels van Europa, Noord-Afrika en het Midden-Oosten [Birds of Europe, northern Africa and the Middle East]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-187-6. 560 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
Unreviewed
Description Size: small to large. Plumage: white and various shades of grey or black; most with deeply forked tails. Other characters: tarsus short; bill equal to or longer than head, red and/or yellow; legs red or yellow. <389> [details]
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English crested terns [from synonym]  [details]
Japanese アジサシ属  [details]
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sterna) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Thalasseus) (from synonym Thalasseus Boie, 1822)
To Genbank (from synonym Thalasseus Boie, 1822)
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