WoRMS taxon details
Limosa Brisson, 1760
AphiaID: 158963
AphiaID: 158963
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Aves (Class) > Charadriiformes (Order) > Scolopacidae (Family) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Edited by Database Management Team | ||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | ||||||||||
| Parent | Scolopacidae | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Urban, E.K., C.H. Fry & S. Keith (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. Academic Press, London. [details] additional source: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details] | ||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Limosa fedoa (Linnaeus, 1758) Species Limosa haemastica (Linnaeus, 1758) Species Limosa lapponica (Linnaeus, 1758) Species Limosa limosa (Linnaeus, 1758) Species Limosa laponica (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Limosa lapponica (Linnaeus, 1758) | ||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Size: medium large. Plumage: non-breeding grey; breeding darker above, rich chestnut below. Other characters: female larger than male; bill very long and recurved, longer in female; legs long, feet with small hind toe and small webs between middle and outer toes. <389> [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158963 | ||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: WoRMS (2013). Limosa Brisson, 1760. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158963 on 2013-06-20 | |||||||||||
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