African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

MSBIAS taxon details

Anatidae Vigors, 1825

AphiaID

136973 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:136973)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Anseriformes

Direct children (22)

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Genus Aix Boie, 1828
Genus Alopochen Stejneger, 1885
Genus Anas Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Anser Brisson, 1760
Genus Aythya Boie, 1822
Genus Branta Scopoli, 1769
Genus Bucephala Baird, 1858
Genus Chen Boie, 1822
Genus Clangula Leach, 1819
Genus Cygnus Bechstein, 1803
Genus Histrionicus Lesson, 1828
Genus Lophodytes Reichenbach, 1852
Genus Mareca Stephens in Shaw, 1824
Genus Melanitta Boie, 1822
Genus Mergellus Selby, 1840
Genus Mergus Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Netta Kaup, 1829
Genus Polysticta Eyton, 1836
Genus Sibirionetta von Boetticher, 1929
Genus Somateria Leach, 1819
Genus Spatula Boie, 1822
Genus Tadorna Von Oken, 1817

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

MSBIAS (2024). Anatidae Vigors, 1825. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=136973 on 2024-10-30

Regional species database citation

The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2024). Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Anatidae Vigors, 1825. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=136973 on 2024-10-30

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2020-06-25 07:35:06Z

changed

Decock, Wim

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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 Harrison, P. (1985). Seabirds: an identification guide. Revised edition. Christopher Helm Publisher. A & C Black: London, UK. ISBN 0-7136-3510-X. 448 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

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Language	Name
English	swans, geese & ducks	[details]

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