WoRMS taxon details
Anatidae
AphiaID: 136973
AphiaID: 136973
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Aves (Class) > Anseriformes (Order) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Added by Database Management Team | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Family | |||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Anseriformes | |||||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
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] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Direct child taxa [show all] | Genus Aix Genus Alopochen Stejneger, 1885 Genus Anas Linnaeus, 1758 Genus Anser Brisson, 1760 Genus Aythya Boie, 1822 Genus Branta Genus Bucephala Genus Cairina Genus Camptorhynchus Genus Chen Boie, 1822 Genus Chenonetta Brandt, 1836 Genus Chloephaga Eyton, 1838 Genus Clangula Leach, 1819 Genus Coscoroba Reichenbach, [1852] Genus Cygnus Bartram, 1791 Genus Dendrocygna Swainson, 1837 Genus Heteronetta Genus Histrionicus Lesson, 1828 Genus Lophodytes Reichenbach, 1852 Genus Lophonetta Riley, 1914 Genus Melanitta Boie, 1822 Genus Mergellus Selby, 1840 Genus Mergus Genus Netta Kaup, 1829 Genus Nettapus Brandt, 1836 Genus Nomonyx Genus Oxyura Genus Polysticta Genus Somateria Genus Speculanas Genus Tachyeres Owen, 1875 Genus Tadorna Oken, 1817 Genus Thalassornis | |||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||||||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | |||||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:136973 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: WoRMS (2013). Anatidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=136973 on 2013-05-26 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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