WoRMS taxon details
Anas Linnaeus, 1758
AphiaID: 148788
AphiaID: 148788
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Aves (Class) > Anseriformes (Order) > Anatidae (Family) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||
| Record status | Added by Database Management Team | |||||||
| Rank | Genus | |||||||
| Parent | Anatidae | |||||||
| 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: 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] basis of record: Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. Academic Press, London. [details] | |||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Anas acuta Linnaeus, 1758 Species Anas americana Gmelin, 1789 Species Anas aucklandica (Gray, 1844) Species Anas bahamensis Linnaeus, 1758 Species Anas capensis Gmelin, 1789 Species Anas carolinensis Gmelin, 1789 Species Anas chlorotis Gray, 1845 Species Anas clypeata Linnaeus, 1758 Species Anas crecca Linnaeus, 1758 Species Anas cyanoptera Vieillot, 1816 Species Anas discors Linnaeus, 1766 Species Anas eatoni (Sharpe, 1875) Species Anas erythrorhyncha Gmelin, 1789 Species Anas falcata Georgi, 1775 Species Anas flavirostris Vieillot, 1816 Species Anas formosa Georgi, 1775 Species Anas fulvigula Ridgway, 1874 Species Anas georgica Gmelin, 1789 Species Anas gracilis Buller, 1869 Species Anas marecula Olson & Jouventin, 1996 Species Anas nesiotis Fleming, 1935 Species Anas penelope Linnaeus, 1758 Species Anas platalea Vieillot, 1816 Species Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 Species Anas querquedula Linnaeus, 1758 Species Anas rhynchotis Latham, 1801 Species Anas rubripes Brewster, 1902 Species Anas sibilatrix Poeppig, 1829 Species Anas strepera Linnaeus, 1758 Species Anas superciliosa Gmelin, 1789 Species Anas undulata Dubois, 1839 Species Anas versicolor Vieillot, 1816 Species Anas oustaleti Salvadori, 1894 (unaccepted, invalid taxon (Anas platyrhynchos × A. superciliosa)) Species Anas specularis King, 1828 accepted as Speculanas specularis King, 1828 | |||||||
| Links | To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 7 proteins) To ITIS | |||||||
| Note |
Description: Size: small, slender bodied. Plumage: bright metallic wing speculum in both male and female; wings long and pointed; short pointed tails; temperate breeding males often with bright breeding plumage, females, out of breeding temperate males, and tropical and subtropical breeding males with duller plumage. Other details: bills flattened with distinct laminae; short legs placed centrally giving a horizontal stance. [details] | |||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:148788 | |||||||
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| Citation: WoRMS (2013). Anas Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=148788 on 2013-06-20 | ||||||||
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