WoRMS name details
Sterna acuflavida Cabot, 1847
567794 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:567794)
unaccepted
Species
- Subspecies Sterna acuflavida acuflavida Cabot, 1847
- Subspecies Sterna acuflavida eurygnatha Saunders, 1876 accepted as Thalasseus sandvicensis acuflavidus (Cabot, 1847)
marine, terrestrial
Not documented
WoRMS (2025). Sterna acuflavida Cabot, 1847. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=567794 on 2025-05-09
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Nomenclature
basis of record
Efe, M A, Tavares, E S, Baker, A J and Bonatto, S L. (2009). Multigene phylogeny and DNA barcoding indicate that the Sandwich tern complex (Thalasseus sandvicensis, Laridae, Sternini) comprises two species. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 52, 263-267. [details]
Other
additional source
Bridge, E S, Jones A W and Baker A J. (2005). A phylogenetic framework for the terns (Sternini) inferred from mtDNA sequences: implications for taxonomy and plumage evolution. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 35: 459–469 [details]