Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Tetrapoda > Class Aves > Order Anseriformes > Family Anatidae

Melanitta Boie, 1822

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Melanitta americana (Swainson, 1832)
Melanitta deglandi (Bonaparte, 1850)
Melanitta fusca (Linnaeus, 1758)
Melanitta nigra (Linnaeus, 1758)
Melanitta perspicillata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Literature

basis of record

van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 375-376

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Nomenclator Zoologicus

additional source

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.

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Citation

WoRMS (2014). Melanitta Boie, 1822. 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:137002

Drs Cees Roselaar. Melanitta Boie, 1822. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=96533

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine

Importance

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Last modified

2006-09-25 by Drs Cees Roselaar & by Olga Martinez

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