WoRMS taxon details
Arenaria Brisson, 1760
AphiaID: 147430
AphiaID: 147430
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Aves (Class) > Charadriiformes (Order) > Scolopacidae (Family) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||
| Record status | Added by Database Management Team | |||||||
| Rank | Genus | |||||||
| Parent | Scolopacidae | |||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] basis of record: Urban, E.K., C.H. Fry & S. Keith (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. Academic Press, London. [details] | |||||||
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| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Arenaria interpres (Linnaeus, 1758) Species Arenaria melanocephala (Vigors, 1829) | |||||||
| Link | To ITIS | |||||||
| Note |
Description: Size: medium, thickset. Plumage: black and white patterned; wings long and pointed, tail rounded. Other characters: bill short and pointed; legs short, feet with hind toe present. <389> [details] | |||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:147430 | |||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: WoRMS (2013). Arenaria Brisson, 1760. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=147430 on 2013-05-20 | ||||||||
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