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Sula sula (red-footed booby)

Osteichthyes - Suliformes - Sulidae

Taxonomy
Pelecanus sula was named by Linnaeus (1766). It is extant.

It was recombined as Sula sula by Olson (1975), Steadman (1991), Steadman and Pahlavan (1992), Steadman (1994), Steadman and Intoh (1994), Clements et al. (2017).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. dacylatra, S. hutchisoni

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Pelecanus piscator Linnaeus p. 291
1766Pelecanus sula Linnaeus
1918Sula piscator Wetmore p. 519
1930Sula piscator Hay p. 292
1937Sula piscator Wetmore p. 6
1975Sula sula Olson p. 24
1991Sula sula Steadman p. 333
1992Sula sula Steadman and Pahlavan p. 460
1994Sula sula Steadman p. 221
1994Sula sula Steadman and Intoh p. 126
2017Sula sula Clements et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
RankNameAuthor
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Aequornithes
—Feraequornithes
superorderPelecanimorphaeHuxley 1867
orderSuliformesSharpe 1891
familySulidaeReichenbach 1849
genusSulaBrisson 1760
speciessula(Linnaeus 1766)

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.

Sula sula Linnaeus 1766 [red-footed booby]
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Invalid names: Sula piscator Linnaeus 1758 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:39:15
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:39:15
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Kiessling 2004, Benton 1983

Age range: Holocene or 0.01170 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (35 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0American Samoa Sula sula (193800)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Pitcairn Sula sula (193764 193793)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0French Polynesia (Society Islands) Sula sula (215325)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Virgin Islands, U.S. Sula piscator (38847 132605)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Venezuela Sula sula (197931 197932 197934 197935 197937)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Cook Islands Sula sula (193449)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Micronesia, Federated States of Sula sula (194651)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Solomon Islands Sula sula (209060 209061 209062 209064 209065 209066 209067 209069 209070 209079 209094 209095 209096 209099)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mauritius Sula sula (194074)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0French Polynesia Sula sula (194675)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Saint Helena Sula sula (155782 176075 194226 194278 194287 194291)