Register of Antarctic Species (RAS) - Mergus Linnaeus, 1758

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CaRMS taxon details

Mergus Linnaeus, 1758

AphiaID

159096 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159096)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Anatidae Vigors, 1825

Direct children (2)

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Species Mergus merganser Linnaeus, 1758
Species Mergus serrator Linnaeus, 1758

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, 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.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 129 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

CaRMS (2021). Mergus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/Carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159096 on 2025-06-06

Regional species database citation

Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2025). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Mergus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/Carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159096 on 2025-06-06

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-05-27 09:47:05Z

created

Appeltans, Ward

[taxonomic tree]

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.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 129 [details] Available for editors

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

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Language	Name
Japanese	ウミアイサ属	[details]

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