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Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorUria aalge (Pontoppidan, 1763) 
AphiaID: 137133

Classification: Biota > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAnimalia (Kingdom) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorChordata (Phylum) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorVertebrata (Subphylum) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorGnathostomata (Superclass) > Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTetrapoda (Superclass) > Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorAves (Class) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCharadriiformes (Order) > Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorAlcidae (Family) > Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorUria (Genus)
Status accepted
Rank Species
Parent Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorUria Brisson, 1760
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]

[show all]
Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
Danish Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorlomvie  [details]
Dutch Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorzeekoetUnreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editordunsnavelige zeekoet  [details]
English Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editornorthern guillemotUnreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorguillemotUnreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorcommon murreUnreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorcommon guillemotUnreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editor(southern and northern) guillemot  [details]
French Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorguillemot de TroïlUnreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorguillemot à capuchon  [details]
German Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTrottellummeUnreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editordumme Lumme  [details]
Icelandic Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorlangvîa  [details]
Lithuanian Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorlaibasnapis narūnėlis  [details]
Norwegian Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorlomvi  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorlomvi  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorlomvi  [details]
Polish Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editornurzyk podbielałyUnreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editornurzyk  [details]
Russian Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorтонкоклювая кайра  [details]
Scottish Gaelic Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorforacha  [details]
Slovenian Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorlumna  [details]
Spanish Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorarao común  [details]
Swedish Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorsillgrissla  [details]
Turkish Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorbayağı dalıcımartı  [details]
Ukrainian Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorТонкодзьоба кайра Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorКайра тонкодзьоба  [details]
Welsh Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorgwylog  [details]
Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Subspecies Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorUria aalge aalge (Pontoppidan, 1763)
Subspecies Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorUria aalge albionis Witherby, 1923
Subspecies Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorUria aalge californica (Bryant, 1861)
Subspecies Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorUria aalge hyperborea Salomonsen, 1932
Subspecies Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorUria aalge inornata Salomonsen, 1932

Subspecies Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorUria aalge ibericus Bernis, 1948 accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorUria aalge albionis Witherby, 1923
Environment marine
Distribution 
From other sources
Baltic Sea
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorPolish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Belgium
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorDe Haan [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorOostende [details]
France
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorWimereux [details]
Iceland
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorIceland [details]
North Atlantic Ocean
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorEuropean waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorFaroe Islands [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorGulf of Maine [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorIrish Exclusive economic Zone [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorNorth West Atlantic [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorNorthern North Atlantic [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorPortuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorUnited Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
North Pacific Ocean
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorNorthern North Pacific [details]
North Sea
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorBelgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
United Kingdom
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorEnglish Coast [details]
(no group)
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorSpanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorSwedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Host of  Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorReighardia lomviae Dyck, 1975 (parasitic: endoparasitic)
Links Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorMarine Life Information Network - UK 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Barcode of Life (21 barcodes) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Biodiversity Heritage Library (85 publications) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Dyntaxa 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Encyclopedia of Life 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo GenBank (565 nucleotides; 394 proteins) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo IUCN Red List 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo PESI 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo ITIS
Notes 
From other sources
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorDimensions Length: 17 1/2" (45 cm) [details]

Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorDistribution North America; Labrador to Virginia [details]

Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorReproduction Breeds on the coast and islands in the North Atlantic and North Pacific in Europe and Asia as well as in North America. On the Atlantic coast it Breeds from Greenland south to Nova Scotia, and on the Pacific coast from Alaska and eastern Asia to California; also from Iceland to northern France. Winters on the open ocean south in America to New jersey and in Europe to the Mediterranean. [details]
ImagesChecked: verified by a taxonomic editor 
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137133
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2011-04-08 06:18:06Z  checked  Adriaens, Peter
  
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  Citation: Adriaens, P. (2013). Uria aalge (Pontoppidan, 1763). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137133 on 2013-12-20
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