WoRMS taxon details
Sterna Linnaeus, 1758
AphiaID: 137047
AphiaID: 137047
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Aves (Class) > Charadriiformes (Order) > Sternidae (Family) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Edited by Database Management Team | ||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | ||||||||||
| Parent | Sternidae | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Thalasseus Boie, 1822 | ||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100 [details] 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] basis of record: Urban, E.K., C.H. Fry & S. Keith (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. Academic Press, London. [details] additional source: Jonsson, L. (1993). Vogels van Europa, Noord-Afrika en het Midden-Oosten [Birds of Europe, northern Africa and the Middle East]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-187-6. 560 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] | ||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| All child taxa [hide all] | Species Sterna acuflavida Cabot, 1847
Species Sterna aurantia Gray, 1831 Species Sterna bengalensis Lesson, 1831
Species Sterna dougallii Montagu, 1813 Species Sterna elegans Gambel, 1849 Species Sterna forsteri Nuttall, 1834 Species Sterna hirundinacea Lesson, 1831 Species Sterna hirundo Linnaeus, 1758 Species Sterna lunata Peale, 1848 Species Sterna maxima Boddaert, 1783
Species Sterna repressa Hartert, 1916 Species Sterna sandvicensis Latham, 1787 Species Sterna striata Gmelin, 1789 Species Sterna sumatrana Raffles, 1822 Species Sterna trudeaui Audubon, 1838 Species Sterna virgata Cabanis, 1875 Species Sterna vittata Gmelin, 1789 Species Sterna albifrons Pallas, 1764 accepted as Sternula albifrons (Pallas, 1764) Species Sterna albostriata (Gray, 1845) accepted as Chlidonias albostriatus (Gray, 1845) Species Sterna aleutica Baird, 1869 accepted as Onychoprion aleuticus Baird, 1869 Species Sterna anaethetus Scopoli, 1786 accepted as Onychoprion anaethetus (Scopoli, 1786) Species Sterna antillarum (Lesson, 1847) accepted as Sternula antillarum Lesson, 1847 Species Sterna balaenarum (Strickland, 1852) accepted as Sternula balaenarum (Strickland, 1852) Species Sterna caspia Pallas, 1770 accepted as Hydroprogne caspia (Pallas, 1770) Species Sterna eurygnatha Saunders, 1876 accepted as Sterna acuflavida eurygnatha Saunders, 1876 Species Sterna fuscata Linnaeus, 1766 accepted as Onychoprion fuscatus Linnaeus, 1766 Species Sterna lorata Philippi & Landbeck, 1861 accepted as Sternula lorata Philippi & Landbeck, 1861 Species Sterna melanogaster Temminck, 1827 accepted as Sterna acuticauda Gray, 1832 Species Sterna nereis (Gould, 1843) accepted as Sternula nereis (Gould, 1843) Species Sterna nilotica Gmelin, 1789 accepted as Gelochelidon nilotica (Gmelin, 1789) Species Sterna saundersi Hume, 1877 accepted as Sternula saundersi (Hume, 1877) Species Sterna superciliaris Vieillot, 1819 accepted as Sternula superciliaris (Vieillot, 1819) | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine | ||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Size: small to large. Plumage: white and various shades of grey or black; most with deeply forked tails. Other characters: tarsus short; bill equal to or longer than head, red and/or yellow; legs red or yellow. <389> [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137047 | ||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: WoRMS (2013). Sterna Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137047 on 2013-05-24 | |||||||||||
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