Marine Species Traits - Himantopus Brisson, 1760

Traits taxon details

Himantopus Brisson, 1760

AphiaID

159130 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159130)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Recurvirostridae Bonaparte, 1854

Direct children (5)

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Species Himantopus himantopus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Himantopus leucocephalus Gould, 1837
Species Himantopus melanurus Vieillot, 1817
Species Himantopus mexicanus (Müller, 1776)
Species Himantopus wilsonii (uncertain > unassessed)

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Traits (2021). Himantopus Brisson, 1760. Accessed at: http://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159130 on 2025-09-17

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Himantopus Brisson, 1760. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159130 on 2025-09-17

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-05-27 09:47:05Z

created

Appeltans, Ward

[taxonomic tree]

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

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

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