MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Limicola Koch, 1816

WoRMS taxon details

Limicola Koch, 1816

AphiaID

203911 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:203911)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Scolopacidae Vigors, 1825

Direct children (2)

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Species Limicola falcinellus (Pontoppidan, 1763)
Species Limicola sibirica Dresser, 1876 accepted as Calidris falcinellus sibirica (Dresser, 1876)

Environment

marine, terrestrial

Original description

Not documented

Descriptive notes

Description Size: small. Plumage: like Calidris. Other character: bill long and flattened between nostril and tip; tip decurved; legs...

Description Size: small. Plumage: like Calidris. Other character: bill long and flattened between nostril and tip; tip decurved; legs short. <389> [details]

Taxonomic citation

WoRMS (2024). Limicola Koch, 1816. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=203911 on 2024-11-21

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1998-07-17 10:53:12Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

Licensing

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

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Unreviewed

Description Size: small. Plumage: like Calidris. Other character: bill long and flattened between nostril and tip; tip decurved; legs short. <389> [details]

Definitions

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Language	Name
Japanese	キリアイ属	[details]

To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Limicola)
To ITIS