Register of Antarctic Species (RAS) - Leucocarbo bransfieldensis (Murphy, 1936)

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RAS taxon details

Leucocarbo bransfieldensis (Murphy, 1936)

Antarctic shag

AphiaID

1486689 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1486689)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Leucocarbo Bonaparte, 1856 accepted as Phalacrocorax Brisson, 1760

Original name

Phalacrocorax atriceps bransfieldensis Murphy, 1936

Synonymised names

Phalacrocorax atriceps bransfieldensis Murphy, 1936 · unaccepted

Environment

fresh, terrestrial

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

RAS (2025). Leucocarbo bransfieldensis (Murphy, 1936). Accessed at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1486689 on 2025-09-13

Regional species database citation

RAS (Eds.) (2025). Register of Antarctic Species. Leucocarbo bransfieldensis (Murphy, 1936). Accessed at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1486689 on 2025-09-13

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2021-03-02 07:48:30Z

created

db_admin

[taxonomic tree]

basis of record Avibase - the world bird database. , available online at https://avibase.bsc-eoc.org [details]

additional source Phillips, L.M., R.I. Leihy & S.L. Chown. (2022). Improving species‐based area protection in Antarctica. <em>Conservation Biology.</em> 36(4): e13885.Aug 2022., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13885 [details]

Language	Name
English	Antarctic shag [from synonym]	[details]

To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Phalacrocorax atriceps bransfieldensis Murphy, 1936)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Leucocarbo bransfieldensis)
To GenBank (35 nucleotides; 14 proteins) (from synonym Phalacrocorax atriceps bransfieldensis Murphy, 1936)
To GenBank (35 nucleotides; 14 proteins)

From editor or global species database

Antarctic shag

Image from synonym