Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Tetrapoda > Class Aves > Order Pelecaniformes > Family Sulidae > Genus Morus

Morus bassanus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Pelecanus Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Morus*	Vieillot, 1816	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Pelecanus bassanus*	Linnaeus, 1758	objective synonym
*Sula bassana*	(Linnaeus, 1758)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Bokmål (Norwegian): havsule sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Danish: sule sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: Jan-van-Gent sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: northern gannet sources: Jonsson, L. (1993). Vogels van Europa, Noord-Afrika en het Midden-Oosten [Birds of Europe, northern Africa and the Middle East]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-187-6. 560 pp.

English-United States: Gannet; Northern Gannet sources: Charles Hussey

French: fou de bassan sources: Jonsson, L. (1993). Vogels van Europa, Noord-Afrika en het Midden-Oosten [Birds of Europe, northern Africa and the Middle East]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-187-6. 560 pp.

Gaelic: gainéad sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Galician: Gainéad

German: Basstölpel sources: Jonsson, L. (1993). Vogels van Europa, Noord-Afrika en het Midden-Oosten [Birds of Europe, northern Africa and the Middle East]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-187-6. 560 pp.

Greek: Βόρεια σούλα sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Irish: Gainéad sources: Nash, Roisin (FaEu - Ecological Consultancy Services Ltd (Ecoserve))

Lithuanian: šiaurinis padūkėlis sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian: havsule sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: havsule sources: Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 133

Norwegian Nynorsk: havsule sources: Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 133

Nynorsk (Norwegian): havsule sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: głuptak sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: олуш sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Scottish: gainéad sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: strmoglavec sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: alcatraz atlántico sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: havssula sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: sümsük kuşu sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Олуша північна; Північна олуша sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: hugan

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp.
basis of record	Cattrijsse, A.; Vincx, M. (2001). Biodiversity of the benthos and the avifauna of the Belgian coastal waters: summary of data collected between 1970 and 1998. Sustainable Management of the North Sea. Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs: Brussel, Belgium. 48 pp.
additional source	Field Guide to Birds of North America 1983
additional source	Grand Manan Whale and Seabird Research Station.
additional source	Peterson, R.T. and V.M. Peterson. 2002. A field guide to the birds of eastern and central North America. Fifth Edition. Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York. 427 p.
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	Linkletter, L.E. 1977. A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68 p.
additional source	Squires, H.J. 1990. Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 221. 532 p.
additional source	Vanner, M. 2003. The encyclopedia of North American birds. Paragon Publishing. Bath. 383 p.
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.
additional source	ITIS database

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (70 nucleotides; 67 proteins)
Barcode of Life (13 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (46 publications)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Morus bassanus (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:148776

Drs Cees Roselaar. Morus bassanus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=96614