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Laridae 
AphiaID: 136988

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Aves (Class) > Charadriiformes (Order)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Added by Database Management Team
Rank Family
Parent Charadriiformes
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
 
Language   Name 
Dutch meeuwen  [details]
English gulls  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål måkefamilien  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk måsefamilien  [details]
Swedish måsar  [details]
Direct child
taxa

[show all]
 Genus Chroicocephalus Eyton, 1836
Genus Creagrus
Genus Gygis
Genus Hydrocoloeus
Genus Larosterna
Genus Larus Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Leucophaeus
Genus Pagophila Kaup, 1829
Genus Phaetusa
Genus Procelsterna
Genus Rhodostethia Macgillivray, 1842
Genus Rissa Stephens, 1826
Genus Xema Leach, 1819
Environment marine
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:136988
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
  
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  Citation: WoRMS (2013). Laridae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=136988 on 2013-05-24
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