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Spheniscidae 
AphiaID: 196034

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Aves (Class) > Sphenisciformes (Order)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Added by Database Management Team
Rank Family
Parent Sphenisciformes
Source Not documented
Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
Dutch pinguïns  [details]
English penguins  [details]
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taxa
[hide all]		 Genus Aptenodytes J. R. Forster, 1777
  » Species Aptenodytes forsteri Gray, 1844
» Species Aptenodytes patagonicus Miller, 1778
Genus Eudyptes Vieillot, 1816
  » Species Eudyptes chrysocome (Forster, 1781)
  » Subspecies Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome (Forster, 1781) represented as Eudyptes chrysocome (Forster, 1781) (alternate representation)
» Subspecies Eudyptes chrysocome moseleyi Mathews & Iredale, 1921 represented as Eudyptes moseleyi Mathews & Iredale, 1921 (alternate representation)
» Species Eudyptes chrysolophus (Brandt, 1837)
» Species Eudyptes moseleyi Mathews & Iredale, 1921
» Species Eudyptes pachyrhynchus Gray, 1845
» Species Eudyptes robustus Oliver, 1953
» Species Eudyptes schlegeli Finsch, 1876
» Species Eudyptes sclateri Buller, 1888
Genus Eudyptula Bonaparte, 1856
  » Species Eudyptula minor (Forster, 1781)
» Species Eudyptula albosignata Finsch, 1874 accepted as Eudyptula minor (Forster, 1781)
Genus Megadyptes Milne-Edwards, 1880
  » Species Megadyptes antipodes (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841)
Genus Pygoscelis Wagler, 1832
  » Species Pygoscelis adeliae (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841)
» Species Pygoscelis antarcticus (Forster, 1781)
» Species Pygoscelis papua (Forster, 1781)
Genus Spheniscus
  » Species Spheniscus demersus (Linnaeus, 1758)
» Species Spheniscus humboldti Meyen, 1834
» Species Spheniscus magellanicus (Forster, 1781)
» Species Spheniscus mendiculus Sundevall, 1871
Links To GenBank
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:196034
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
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2005-12-27 19:49:34Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
  
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  Citation: WoRMS (2013). Spheniscidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196034 on 2013-05-20
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