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Phalacrocoracidae 
AphiaID: 136993

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Aves (Class) > Pelecaniformes (Order)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Added by Database Management Team
Rank Family
Parent Pelecaniformes
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 aalscholvers  [details]
English cormorants  [details]
Norwegian BokmÃ¥l skarvefamilien  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk skarvefamilien  [details]
Swedish skarvar  [details]
Direct child
taxa

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 Genus Phalacrocorax Brisson, 1760

Genus Microcarbo Bonaparte, 1857 accepted as Phalacrocorax Brisson, 1760
Environment marine
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:136993
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
  
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  Citation: WoRMS (2013). Phalacrocoracidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=136993 on 2013-05-22
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