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Sulidae 
AphiaID: 136994

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 genten  [details]
English gannets & boobies  [details]
Norwegian BokmÃ¥l sulefamilien  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk sulefamilien  [details]
Swedish sulor  [details]
All child
taxa
[hide all]		 Genus Morus Vieillot, 1816
  » Species Morus bassanus (Linnaeus, 1758)
» Species Morus capensis (Lichtenstein, 1823)
» Species Morus serrator (Gray, 1843)
Genus Papasula
  » Species Papasula abbotti Ridgway, 1893
Genus Sula Brisson, 1760
  » Species Sula dactylatra Lesson, 1831
  » Subspecies Sula dactylatra tasmani van Tets, Meredith, Fullagar & Davidson, 1988
» Species Sula granti Rothschild, 1902
» Species Sula leucogaster (Boddaert, 1783)
» Species Sula nebouxii Milne-Edwards, 1882
» Species Sula sula (Linnaeus, 1766)
» Species Sula variegata (Tschudi, 1843)
» Species Sula bassana (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Morus bassanus (Linnaeus, 1758)
» Species Sula capensis (Lichtenstein, 1823) accepted as Morus capensis (Lichtenstein, 1823)
» Species Sula tasmani van Tets, Meredith, Fullagar & Davidson, 1988 accepted as Sula dactylatra tasmani van Tets, Meredith, Fullagar & Davidson, 1988
Environment marine
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:136994
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
  
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  Citation: WoRMS (2013). Sulidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=136994 on 2013-05-23
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