WoRMS taxon details
Anous Stephens, 1826
AphiaID: 206812
AphiaID: 206812
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Aves (Class) > Charadriiformes (Order) > Sternidae (Family) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Edited by Database Management Team | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Sternidae | |||||||||||||
| 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 Anous minutus Boie, 1844 Species Anous stolidus (Linnaeus, 1758) Species Anous tenuirostris (Temminck, 1823) | |||||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Size: medium. Plumage: uniformly dark; tail rounded and heavy. Other characters: tarsus much shorter than middle toe with claw; bill long and strong. <389> [details] | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206812 | |||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: WoRMS (2013). Anous Stephens, 1826. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206812 on 2013-05-25 | ||||||||||||||
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