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Somateria spectabilis (king eider)

Osteichthyes - Anseriformes - Anatidae

Taxonomy
Anas spectabilis was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Somateria spectabilis by del Hoyo et al. (2014), Clements et al. (2017).

Entered
by M. Clapham on 2018-04-16

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Anas spectabilis Linnaeus p. 123
2014Somateria spectabilis del Hoyo et al.
2017Somateria spectabilis 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
—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
genusSomateriaLeach 1819
speciesspectabilis()

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.

Somateria spectabilis Linnaeus 1758 [king eider]
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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: freshwatersubf
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: volantsubf
Diet: herbivoresubf
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 19:26:23
Modified: 2009-01-03 21:26:23
Source: subf = subfamily, o = order
References: Sedinger 1997, Kiessling 2004, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Calabrian to the top of the Holocene or 1.80000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774USA (Florida) Somateria spectabilis (20400)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Norway Somateria spectabilis (73689)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain Somateria spectabilis (215694)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Nunavut) Somateria spectabilis (160848 228927 229484)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Greenland Somateria spectabilis (162014 226353 227826 230120)