MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Oceanites Keyserling & Blasius, 1840

WoRMS taxon details

Oceanites Keyserling & Blasius, 1840

AphiaID

137059 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137059)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Hydrobatidae Mathews, 1913

Direct children (4)

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Species Oceanites gracilis (Elliot, 1859)
Species Oceanites oceanicus (Kuhl, 1820)
Species Oceanites maorianus (Mathews, 1932) accepted as Fregetta maoriana (Mathews, 1932)
Species Oceanites nereis Gould, 1844 accepted as Garrodia nereis (Gould, 1841) (synonym)

Environment

marine, terrestrial

Original description

Not documented

Descriptive notes

Description Very small petrels. Wings long. Tail square-shaped with white coverts. Plumage mostly black but sometimes white on abdomen....

Description Very small petrels. Wings long. Tail square-shaped with white coverts. Plumage mostly black but sometimes white on abdomen. Legs long, project beyond tail-tip. Feet with yellow webs. Bill short with nasal tubes half the length of the culmen. <388> [details]

Taxonomic citation

WoRMS (2024). Oceanites Keyserling & Blasius, 1840. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137059 on 2024-11-22

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2006-09-26 06:56:50Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

Licensing

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[taxonomic tree]

basis of record van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 375-376 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone]. , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

additional source Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman. (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. Academic Press, London. [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Unreviewed

Definitions

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Language	Name
Japanese	アシナガウミツバメ属	[details]

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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Oceanites)
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