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Mergus 
AphiaID: 159096

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
Source Not documented
Direct child
taxa

[show all]
 Species Mergus australis Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841
Species Mergus merganser Linnaeus, 1758
Species Mergus serrator Linnaeus, 1758

Species Mergus albellus (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Mergellus albellus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Links To GenBank
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159096
Taxonomic
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Date   action   by
2005-05-27 09:47:05Z  created  Appeltans, Ward
  
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  Citation: WoRMS (2013). Mergus. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159096 on 2013-05-20
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