Taxonomy Profile: Somateria (Leach 1819)

Somateria: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Genus
Synonym(s):
Eider
Jarocki 1819
Arctonetta
G R Gray 1856
Common Name(s):
Typical Eiders []
Greater Eiders []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Somateria: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Tetrapoda
Class : Aves
Birds |
oiseaux |
Order : Anseriformes
Ducks |
Geese |
Screamers |
Swans |
Waterfowl |
canards |
cygnes |
oies |
sauvagine |
Family : Anatidae
Ducks |
Geese |
Swans |
canards |
cygnes |
oies |
Subfamily : Anatinae
Genus : Somateria
Typical Eiders |
Greater Eiders |
Somateria Direct Children(s):
Somateria mollissima
(Linnaeus 1758)
Somateria spectabilis
(Linnaeus 1758)
Somateria fischeri
(Brandt 1847)
Somateria: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Alan P. Peterson, M.D.
Notes:
PO Box 1999 Walla Walla, Washington 99362-0999
Reference for:
Somateria
Expert:
Richard C. Banks
Notes:
Chief, Bird Section, U.S.G.S. - B.R.D. - P.W.R.C.
Reference for:
Somateria
Source(s):
Source:
NODC Taxonomic Code
Acquired:
1996-07-29
Notes:
Reference for:
Somateria
Source:
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource, 2006.12.10
Acquired:
2006-12-20
Notes:
"Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource" maintained by Alan P. Peterson at http://www.zoonomen.net
Reference for:
Somateria
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1987-01-01 / 1987-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Resource Publication, no. 166
Page(s):
79
Publisher:
United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service
Publication Place:
Washington, D.C., USA
ISBN/ISSN:
/
Notes:
Reference for:
Somateria
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2003-12-31 / 2003-12-31
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada
Page(s):
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/
Notes:
As-yet (2003) unpublished manuscript from 1998
Reference for:
Somateria
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Mayr, Ernst, and G. William Cottrell, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1979-01-01 / 1979-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Check-List of Birds of the World, vol. 1, Second Edition
Page(s):
xvii + 547
Publisher:
Museum of Comparative Zoology
Publication Place:
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
/
Notes:
Reference for:
Somateria
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Dickinson, Edward C., ed.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2003-01-01 / 2003-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, 3rd edition
Page(s):
1039
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Publication Place:
Princeton, New Jersey, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-691-11701-2/
Notes:
Reference for:
Somateria
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Livezey, Bradley C.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1995-02-28 / 1995-02-28
Article/Chapter Title:
Phylogeny and Evolutionary Ecology of Modern Seaducks (Anatidae: Mergini)
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
The Condor, vol. 9, no. 1
Page(s):
233-255
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/0010-5422
Notes:
Reference for:
Somateria
Somateria: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Somateria: Comments