Register of Antarctic Marine Species (RAMS)

CaRMS taxon details

Branta Scopoli, 1769

AphiaID

159174 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159174)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Anatidae Vigors, 1825

Original name

Anas leucopsis Bechstein, 1803

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Species Branta bernicla (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Branta canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Branta leucopsis (Bechstein, 1803)

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Original description

Scopoli, G. A. (1769). Annus I historico-naturalis. Descriptiones Avium Musei Proprii Earumque Rariorum, Quas Vidit In Vivario Augustiss. Imperatoris, Et In Museo Excell. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31117690
page(s): 67 [details]

Taxonomic citation

CaRMS (2021). Branta Scopoli, 1769. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159174 on 2025-05-04

Regional species database citation

Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2025). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Branta Scopoli, 1769. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/CaRMS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159174 on 2025-05-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-05-27 09:47:05Z

created

Appeltans, Ward

2021-03-22 09:31:11Z

changed

db_admin

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original description Scopoli, G. A. (1769). Annus I historico-naturalis. Descriptiones Avium Musei Proprii Earumque Rariorum, Quas Vidit In Vivario Augustiss. Imperatoris, Et In Museo Excell. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31117690
page(s): 67 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

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Language	Name
Japanese	コクガン属	[details]

To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Branta)
To Genbank
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