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Lophodytes cucullatus (hooded merganser)

Reptilia - Anseriformes - Anatidae

Taxonomy
Mergus cucullatus was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. It is the type species of Lophodytes.

It was recombined as Lophodytes cucullatus by Reichenbach (1853), Hay (1902), Hay (1930), Wetmore (1931), Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956), Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Mergus cucullatus Linnaeus p. 129
1853Lophodytes cucullatus Reichenbach
1902Lophodytes cucullatus Hay p. 529
1930Lophodytes cucullatus Hay p. 309
1931Lophodytes cucullatus Wetmore p. 23
1940Lophodytes cucullatus Wetmore p. 28
1956Lophodytes cucullatus Wetmore p. 34
2017Lophodytes cucullatus Clements et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
—PangalloanseraeGauthier and de Queiroz 2001
—GalloanseraeSibley and Ahlquist 1990
superorderGalloanserimorphae
orderAnseriformesWagler 1831
familyAnatidaeVigors 1825
subfamilyAnatinaeVigors 1825
tribeMerginiBonaparte 1838
genusLophodytesReichenbach 1853
speciescucullatus()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Lophodytes cucullatus Linnaeus 1758 [hooded merganser]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available