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Aptenodytes forsteri Gray, 1844 
AphiaID: 225773

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Aves (Class) > Sphenisciformes (Order) > Spheniscidae (Family) > Aptenodytes (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Aptenodytes J. R. Forster, 1777
Sources  basis of record: Woehler E.J. (compiler) 2006. Species list prepared for SCAR/IUCN/BirdLife International Workshop on Antarctic Regional Seabird Populations, March 2005, Cambridge, UK. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Worthy, T. (2009). Aves (Chordata). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details]

context source (Deepsea): Wienecke B., Robertson G., Kirkwood R., Lawton K. (2007) Extreme dives by free-ranging emperor penguins Polar Biology 30. 133-142;, available online at http://its-db.aad.gov.au/proms/pubn/pubshow.asp?pub_id=13095 [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Dutch keizerspinguïn  [details]
English emperor penguin  [details]
French Manchot empereur  [details]
German Kaiserpinguina  [details]
Environment marine
Distribution New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Southern Ocean [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (106 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (24 nucleotides; 26 proteins)
To IUCN Red List
To ITIS
Notes  Breeding Category: Breeding [details]

Habitat: breeding on Antarctica [details]

IUCN Red List Category: Least Concern [details]
Images 
Emperor Penguin crop 2
Emperor Penguin crop 2
added on 2006-05-12 - author: Eric Woehler
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-09-28 11:15:40

Emperor Penguin crop cover
Emperor Penguin crop cover
added on 2006-05-12 - author: Eric Woehler
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-09-28 10:26:33

Emperor Penguin
Emperor Penguin
added on 2006-05-12 - author: Eric Woehler
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-09-28 10:29:31

Emperor penguin
Emperor penguin
added on 2006-11-24 - author: Yan Ropert-Coudert
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-09-28 10:26:50

Aptenodytes forsteri & Pygoscelis antarctica
Aptenodytes forsteri & Pygoscelis antarctica
added on 2007-05-29 - author: Martin Rauschert
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-09-28 10:26:56

Aptenodytes forsteri
Aptenodytes forsteri
added on 2007-05-29 - author: Martin Rauschert
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-09-28 10:27:06

Aptenodytes forsteri
Aptenodytes forsteri
added on 2007-05-29 - author: Martin Rauschert
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-09-28 10:27:12

Emperor Penguin
Emperor Penguin
added on 2008-09-26 - author: Rebeca Zapata Guardiola ()
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-09-28 10:27:21

Aptenodytes forsteri
Aptenodytes forsteri
added on 2009-02-17 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-09-28 10:27:29

Aptenodytes forsteri
Aptenodytes forsteri
added on 2009-02-17 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-09-28 10:27:37

Aptenodytes forsteri
Aptenodytes forsteri
added on 2009-02-17 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-09-28 10:27:47

Aptenodytes forsteri
Aptenodytes forsteri
added on 2009-02-17 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-09-28 10:27:53

Aptenodytes forsteri
Aptenodytes forsteri
added on 2009-02-17 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-09-28 10:28:01

Aptenodytes forsteri
Aptenodytes forsteri
added on 2010-06-10 - author: Collection VLIZ
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-09-28 10:28:07

Aptenodytes forsteri
Aptenodytes forsteri
added on 2010-06-10 - author: Collection VLIZ
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-09-28 10:28:42

Aptenodytes forsteri
Aptenodytes forsteri
added on 2010-06-10 - author: Collection VLIZ
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-09-28 10:28:50

Aptenodytes forsteri
Aptenodytes forsteri
added on 2010-06-10 - author: Collection VLIZ
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-09-28 10:28:33

Aptenodytes forsteri
Aptenodytes forsteri
added on 2010-06-10 - author: Collection VLIZ
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-09-28 10:28:13

Aptenodytes forsteri
Aptenodytes forsteri
added on 2012-02-05 - author: VLIZ Collection
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-09-28 10:28:21
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:225773
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2006-04-20 12:16:00Z  created  Charbonneau, Danny
2011-04-08 06:18:06Z  checked  Adriaens, Peter
  
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  Citation: Adriaens, P. (2013). Aptenodytes forsteri Gray, 1844. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225773 on 2013-06-20
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