Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Megaclass Tetrapoda > Superclass Reptilia > Class Aves > Subclass Passerae > Superorder Ciconiimorphae > Order Charadriiformes > Suborder Charadrii > Superfamily Laroidea

Laridae Vigors, 1825

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Family group names

include Sterninae subjective synonym
Sternidae synonym

Children

Chroicocephalus Eyton, 1836
Hydrocoloeus Kaup, 1829
Hydroprogne Kaup, 1829
Ichthyaetus Kaup, 1829
Larinae
Onychoprion Wagler, 1832
Rhodostethia MacGillivray, 1842
Sterninae
Sternula Boie, 1822
Xema Leach, 1819

Literature

basis of record

van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 375-376

additional source

Harrison, P. (1985). Seabirds: an identification guide. Revised edition. Christopher Helm Publisher. A & C Black: London, UK. ISBN 0-7136-3510-X. 448 pp.

Genbank

loading

Citation

WoRMS (2025). Laridae Vigors, 1825. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=136988

Drs. Cees Roselaar. Laridae Vigors, 1825. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/246935aa-567f-4682-8eca-cea308b79055

Image

loading

Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Importance

no data

Provided by

logo erms

GUID

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:136988
urn:lsid:faunaeur.org:taxname:10782

Last modified

2022-06-08 by Drs. Cees Roselaar & by Stephen Garnett

Your feedback

click here

Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 License

Your e-mail address:

Your message: