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Morus (gannet)
Taxonomy
Morus was named by Vieillot (1816). It is extant.
It was corrected as Moris by Lambrecht (1933), Wetmore (1940), Howard (1972); it was misspelled as Moris by Howard (1936), Brodkorb (1955), Wetmore (1956), Howard (1958), Howard (1968), Howard (1978), Olson (1985), Carroll (1988), Chandler (1990), Olson and Rasmussen (2001), Mlikovsky (2002), Stucchi (2003), Clements et al. (2017), Hastings and Dooley (2017), Figueiredo et al. (2023).
It was assigned to Sulidae by Hay (1930), Lambrecht (1933), Howard (1936), Wetmore (1940), Brodkorb (1955), Wetmore (1956), Howard (1958), Howard (1968), Howard (1972), Howard (1978), Olson (1985), Carroll (1988), Chandler (1990), Olson and Rasmussen (2001), Mlikovsky (2002), Stucchi (2003), Clements et al. (2017), Hastings and Dooley (2017), Figueiredo et al. (2023).
It was corrected as Moris by Lambrecht (1933), Wetmore (1940), Howard (1972); it was misspelled as Moris by Howard (1936), Brodkorb (1955), Wetmore (1956), Howard (1958), Howard (1968), Howard (1978), Olson (1985), Carroll (1988), Chandler (1990), Olson and Rasmussen (2001), Mlikovsky (2002), Stucchi (2003), Clements et al. (2017), Hastings and Dooley (2017), Figueiredo et al. (2023).
It was assigned to Sulidae by Hay (1930), Lambrecht (1933), Howard (1936), Wetmore (1940), Brodkorb (1955), Wetmore (1956), Howard (1958), Howard (1968), Howard (1972), Howard (1978), Olson (1985), Carroll (1988), Chandler (1990), Olson and Rasmussen (2001), Mlikovsky (2002), Stucchi (2003), Clements et al. (2017), Hastings and Dooley (2017), Figueiredo et al. (2023).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1816 | Morus Vieillot |
| 1930 | Moris Hay p. 291 |
| 1933 | Moris Lambrecht p. 286 |
| 1936 | Moris Howard p. 213 |
| 1940 | Moris Wetmore p. 12 |
| 1955 | Morus Brodkorb p. 8 |
| 1956 | Morus Wetmore p. 15 |
| 1958 | Morus Howard p. 3 |
| 1968 | Morus Howard p. 12 |
| 1972 | Moris Howard p. 6 |
| 1978 | Morus Howard p. 16 |
| 1985 | Morus Olson p. 203 |
| 1988 | Morus Carroll |
| 1990 | Morus Chandler p. 112 |
| 2001 | Morus Olson and Rasmussen p. 261 |
| 2002 | Morus Mlikovsky p. 67 |
| 2003 | Morus Stucchi p. 86 |
| 2017 | Morus Clements et al. |
| 2017 | Morus Hastings and Dooley p. 83 |
| 2023 | Morus Figueiredo et al. p. 26 |
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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.
G. Morus Vieillot 1816 [gannet]
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†Moris lompocana Miller 1925
†Moris loxostyla Cope 1870
†Moris reyana Howard 1936
†Morus atlanticus Shufeldt 1915
†Morus avitus Wetmore 1938
Morus bassanus Linnaeus 1758 [northern gannett]
Morus capensis Lichtenstein 1823 [Cape gannet]
†Morus humeralis Miller and Bowman 1958
†Morus magnus Howard 1978
†Morus olsoni Grigorescu and Kessler 1988
†Morus peninsularis Brodkorb 1955
†Morus peruvianus Stucchi 2003
†Morus poolensis Chandler 1963
†Morus recentior Howard 1949
†Morus reyanus Howard 1936
Morus serrator Gray 1843 [Australasian gannet]
†Morus vagabundus Wetmore 1930
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available