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Sula
Taxonomy
Sula was named by Brisson (1760) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 1066]. It is extant. Its type is Pelecanus piscator. It is the type genus of Sulidae, Suloidae.
It was assigned to Pelecaniformes by Olson (1985), Varricchio (2002) and Sepkoski (2002); and to Sulidae by Hay (1902), Case (1904), Hay (1930), Lambrecht (1933), Howard (1936), Wetmore (1940), Brodkorb (1955), Wetmore (1956), Howard (1958), Brodkorb (1963), Howard (1972), Olson (1975), Olson and James (1982), Carroll (1988), Cheneval (1993), Stucchi (2003), del Hoyo et al. (2014), Stucchi et al. (2016) and Clements et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Pelecaniformes by Olson (1985), Varricchio (2002) and Sepkoski (2002); and to Sulidae by Hay (1902), Case (1904), Hay (1930), Lambrecht (1933), Howard (1936), Wetmore (1940), Brodkorb (1955), Wetmore (1956), Howard (1958), Brodkorb (1963), Howard (1972), Olson (1975), Olson and James (1982), Carroll (1988), Cheneval (1993), Stucchi (2003), del Hoyo et al. (2014), Stucchi et al. (2016) and Clements et al. (2017).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1760 | Sula Brisson |
1811 | Dysporus Illiger |
1902 | Sula Hay p. 532 |
1904 | Sula Case p. 58 |
1930 | Sula Hay p. 292 |
1933 | Sula Lambrecht p. 284 |
1936 | Sula Howard p. 213 |
1940 | Sula Wetmore p. 11 |
1955 | Sula phosphata Brodkorb p. 1 figs. Figs. 3, 6, 9 |
1955 | Sula Brodkorb p. 9 |
1955 | Sula guano Brodkorb p. 9 figs. Figs. 2, 5, 8 |
1956 | Sula Wetmore p. 14 |
1956 | Sula guano Wetmore p. 14 |
1956 | Sula phosphata Wetmore p. 14 |
1958 | Sula Howard p. 4 |
1963 | Sula Brodkorb |
1972 | Sula Howard p. 6 |
1975 | Sula Olson p. 23 |
1982 | Sula Olson and James p. 33 |
1985 | Sula Olson p. 158 |
1988 | Sula Carroll |
1993 | Sula Cheneval p. 89 |
2002 | Sula Sepkoski |
2002 | Sula Varricchio |
2003 | Sula Stucchi p. 77 |
2014 | Sula del Hoyo et al. |
2016 | Sula Stucchi et al. p. 419 |
2017 | Sula Clements et al. |
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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. Sula Brisson 1760
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Subg. Sula (Sula) Brisson 1760
†Sula brandi Stucchi et al. 2016
†Sula clarki Chandler 1990
Sula dactylatra Lesson 1831 [masked booby]
Sula dactylatra tasmani van Tets et al. 1988
†Sula figueroae Stucchi et al. 2016
Sula granti Rothschild 1902 [Nazca booby]
Sula leucogaster Boddaert 1783 [brown booby]
†Sula magna Stucchi 2003
Sula nebouxii Milne-Edwards 1882 [Blue-footed booby]
Sula piscator Linnaeus 1758
†Sula pohli Howard 1958
Sula sula Linnaeus 1766 [red-footed booby]
†Sula sulita Stucchi 2003
†Sula universitatis Brodkorb 1963
Sula variegata Tschudi 1843 [Peruvian booby]
†Sula willetti Miller 1925
Invalid names: Dysporus Illiger 1811 [synonym], Sula guano Brodkorb 1955 [nomen nudum], Sula phosphata Brodkorb 1955 [nomen nudum]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available