WoRMS taxon details
Macronectes Richmond, 1905
AphiaID: 206822
AphiaID: 206822
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Aves (Class) > Procellariiformes (Order) > Procellariidae (Family) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Edited by Database Management Team | ||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | ||||||||||
| Parent | Procellariidae | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. Academic Press, London. [details] additional source: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details] | ||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Macronectes giganteus (Gmelin, 1789) Species Macronectes halli Mathews, 1912 | ||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Largest of the Procellariidae—as large as the smaller albatrosses. Bills robust, longer than the head with large nasal tube half as long as the culmen. Tails short and fan-shaped with quills<388> [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206822 | ||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: WoRMS (2013). Macronectes. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206822 on 2013-05-20 | |||||||||||
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