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Aechmophorus occidentalis (Lawrence, 1858) 
AphiaID: 366617

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Aves (Class) > Podicipediformes (Order) > Podicipedidae (Family) > Aechmophorus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Aechmophorus Coues, 1862
Sources  basis of record: Harrison, P. (1985). Seabirds: an identification guide. Revised edition. Christopher Helm Publisher. A & C Black: London, UK. ISBN 0-7136-3510-X. 448 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Gallardo, J. C., V. Macías, and E. Velarde. 2009. Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1321–1342 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Dutch zwanenhalsfuut  [details]
English western grebe  [details]
French grèbe élégant  [details]
German Renntaucher  [details]
Environment marine
Distribution Gulf of Mexico [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (96 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 14 proteins)
To IUCN Red List
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:366617
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2008-08-25 12:08:38Z  created  Decock, Wim
2011-04-08 06:18:06Z  checked  Adriaens, Peter
  
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  Citation: Adriaens, P. (2013). Aechmophorus occidentalis (Lawrence, 1858). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=366617 on 2013-05-25
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