MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Phaethon Linnaeus, 1758

WoRMS taxon details

Phaethon Linnaeus, 1758

AphiaID

137053 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137053)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Phaethontidae Brandt, 1831

Direct children (3)

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Species Phaethon aethereus Linnaeus, 1758
Species Phaethon lepturus Daudin, 1802
Species Phaethon rubricauda Boddaert, 1783

Environment

marine, terrestrial

Original description

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

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Descriptive notes

Description Large, somewhat stout wih short pointed wings. Bill slightly decurved and pointed with serrate edges. Legs very short. Tail...

Description Large, somewhat stout wih short pointed wings. Bill slightly decurved and pointed with serrate edges. Legs very short. Tail long and wedge-shaped with central two feathers elongated into streamers. [details]

Taxonomic citation

WoRMS (2024). Phaethon Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137053 on 2024-11-22

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

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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. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

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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 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

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Language	Name
Japanese	ネッタイチョウ属	[details]

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