MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Melanitta Boie, 1822

WoRMS taxon details

Melanitta Boie, 1822

AphiaID

137002 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137002)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Anatidae Vigors, 1825

Direct children (5)

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Species Melanitta americana (Swainson, 1832)
Species Melanitta deglandi (Bonaparte, 1850)
Species Melanitta fusca (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Melanitta nigra (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Melanitta perspicillata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Environment

marine, terrestrial

Original description

Boie, S. (1822). Ornithologische Beyträge. Isis von Oken. 3: 768-781; 871-886. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 564 [details]

Taxonomic citation

WoRMS (2024). Melanitta Boie, 1822. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137002 on 2024-11-21

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2006-09-25 06:54:45Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

Licensing

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original description Boie, S. (1822). Ornithologische Beyträge. Isis von Oken. 3: 768-781; 871-886. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 564 [details]

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 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

Definitions

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Language	Name
Japanese	ビロードキンクロ属	[details]

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