WoRMS taxon details
Thalasseus Boie, 1822
AphiaID: 413038
AphiaID: 413038
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Aves (Class) > Charadriiformes (Order) > Sternidae (Family) |
| Status |  unaccepted | |||||||
| Record status | Added by Database Management Team | |||||||
| Accepted name | Sterna Linnaeus, 1758 | |||||||
| Rank | Genus | |||||||
| Parent | Sternidae | |||||||
| Source | Not documented | |||||||
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| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Thalasseus bengalensis (Lesson, 1831) accepted as Sterna bengalensis Lesson, 1831 Species Thalasseus bergii (Lichtenstein, 1823) accepted as Sterna bergii Lichtenstein, 1823 Species Thalasseus bernsteini (Schlegel, 1863) accepted as Sterna bernsteini Schlegel, 1863 Species Thalasseus elegans (Gambel, 1849) accepted as Sterna elegans Gambel, 1849 Species Thalasseus maximus (Boddaert, 1783) accepted as Sterna maxima Boddaert, 1783 Species Thalasseus sandvicensis (Latham, 1787) accepted as Sterna sandvicensis Latham, 1787 | |||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | |||||||
| Note |
Synonymy: The genus was originally created by Boie in 1822. A 2005 study demonstrated the need for a separate genus for the crested terns. [details] | |||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:413038 | |||||||
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| Citation: WoRMS (2013). Thalasseus Boie, 1822. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=413038 on 2013-06-20 | ||||||||
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