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

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RAS taxon details

Mergus Linnaeus, 1758

AphiaID

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

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Anatidae Vigors, 1825

Direct children (1)

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Species Mergus australis Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841

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

RAS (2021). Mergus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: http://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159096 on 2025-05-19

Regional species database citation

RAS (Eds.) (2025). Register of Antarctic Species. Mergus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159096 on 2025-05-19

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