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RAS taxon details
Anhinga melanogaster
Pennant, 1769
AphiaID
212610
(urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212610)
Classification
Biota
Animalia
(Kingdom)
Chordata
(Phylum)
Vertebrata
(Subphylum)
Gnathostomata
(Infraphylum)
Tetrapoda
(Megaclass)
Reptilia
(Superclass)
Aves
(Class)
Pelecaniformes
(Order)
Anhingidae
(Family)
Anhinga
(Genus)
Anhinga melanogaster
(Species)
Status
accepted
Rank
Species
Parent
Anhinga
Brisson, 1760
Original name
Anhinga melanogaster
Pennant, 1769
Environment
marine
,
brackish
, fresh, terrestrial
Original description
Not documented
Taxonomic citation
RAS (2021).
Anhinga melanogaster
Pennant, 1769. Accessed at: http://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212610 on 2025-09-12
Regional species database citation
RAS (Eds.) (2025). Register of Antarctic Species.
Anhinga melanogaster
Pennant, 1769. Accessed at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212610 on 2025-09-12
Taxonomic edit history
Date
action
by
1998-08-22 05:35:27Z
created
Depew, Lorna
1998-09-25 09:27:15Z
changed
Vanden Berghe, Edward
2011-04-08 06:18:06Z
checked
Adriaens, Peter
2011-04-27 09:01:37Z
changed
Adriaens, Peter
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Sources (3)
Documented distribution (0)
Attributes (37)
Links (6)
context source (RAS)
Australian Antarctic Data Centre.
,
available online at
https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/
[details]
basis of record
Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman. (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. <em>Academic Press, London.</em>
[details]
additional source
King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554.
[details]
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
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Definitions
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (60 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Anhinga melanogaster)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 32 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
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