WoRMS taxon details
Calonectris Mathews & Iredale, 1915
AphiaID: 137062
AphiaID: 137062
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Aves (Class) > Procellariiformes (Order) > Procellariidae (Family) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Edited by Database Management Team | ||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | ||||||||||
| Parent | Procellariidae | ||||||||||
| 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] basis of record: Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. Academic Press, London. [details] additional source: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details] | ||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Calonectris diomedea (Scopoli, 1769) Species Calonectris leucomelas (Temminck, 1835) | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine | ||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Medium-sized shearwaters. Bill long, strong, pale in colour with nasal tubes not bevelled, opening forward. Tarsus rounded, not laterally flattened. Tail rounded or wedge-shaped. <388> [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137062 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: WoRMS (2013). Calonectris Mathews & Iredale, 1915. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137062 on 2013-05-18 | |||||||||||
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