African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

Traits taxon details

Rynchops Linnaeus, 1758

AphiaID

206447 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206447)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Rynchopidae Bonaparte, 1838

Direct children (3)

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Species Rynchops albicollis Swainson, 1838
Species Rynchops flavirostris Vieillot, 1816
Species Rynchops niger Linnaeus, 1758

Environment

marine, terrestrial

Original description

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

Traits (2021). Rynchops Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: http://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206447 on 2025-05-13

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Rynchops Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206447 on 2025-05-13

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-05-27 09:47:05Z

created

Appeltans, Ward

2006-09-28 06:51:36Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

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original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

basis of record Urban, E. K.; Fry, C. H.; Keith, S. (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. Academic Press, London. [details]

additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone]. , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

Definitions

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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Rynchops)
To Genbank
To ITIS