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Melanitta (scoter)
Taxonomy
Melanitta was named by Boie (1822). It is extant.
It was assigned to Nyrocinae by Wetmore (1940); to Aythyinae by Wetmore (1956); to Anatidae by Guthrie (1992), Clements et al. (2017); and to Mergini by Chandler (1990), Olson and Rasmussen (2001), Gonzalez et al. (2009), Watanabe et al. (2020).
It was assigned to Nyrocinae by Wetmore (1940); to Aythyinae by Wetmore (1956); to Anatidae by Guthrie (1992), Clements et al. (2017); and to Mergini by Chandler (1990), Olson and Rasmussen (2001), Gonzalez et al. (2009), Watanabe et al. (2020).
Species
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1822 | Melanitta Boie |
| 1822 | Oidemia Fleming |
| 1850 | Oedemia Bonaparte |
| 1930 | Oidemia Hay p. 308 |
| 1940 | Melanitta Wetmore p. 27 |
| 1956 | Melanitta Wetmore p. 32 |
| 1990 | Melanitta Chandler p. 130 |
| 1992 | Melanitta Guthrie p. 321 |
| 2001 | Melanitta Olson and Rasmussen p. 288 |
| 2009 | Melanitta Gonzalez et al. |
| 2017 | Melanitta Clements et al. |
| 2020 | Melanitta Watanabe et al. p. 3 |
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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. Melanitta Boie 1822 [scoter]
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Subg. Melanitta (Pelionetta) Kaup 1829
†Melanitta ceruttii Chandler 1990
Melanitta fusca Linnaeus 1758 [velvet scoter]
Melanitta fusca deglandi Bonaparte 1850 [white-winged scoter]
Melanitta nigra Linnaeus 1758 [common scoter]
Melanitta perspicillata Linnaeus 1758 [surf scoter]
Invalid names: Oidemia Fleming 1822 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available