Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Megaclass Tetrapoda > Superclass Reptilia > Class Aves > Subclass Galloanserae > Superorder Anserimorphae > Order Anseriformes > Suborder Anseri > Superfamily Anatoidea > Family Anatidae

Somateria Leach, 1819

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Somateria fischeri (Brandt, 1847)
Somateria mollissima (Linnaeus, 1758)
Somateria spectabilis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Japanese: ケワタガモ属

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

Jonsson, L. (1993). Vogels van Europa, Noord-Afrika en het Midden-Oosten [Birds of Europe, northern Africa and the Middle East]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-187-6. 560 pp.

Genbank

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Somateria Leach, 1819. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137003

Drs. Cees Roselaar. Somateria Leach, 1819. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/bddab5fa-6770-496c-90d1-651fc99bc365

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, terrestrial

Importance

no data

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Last modified

2020-06-25 by Drs. Cees Roselaar & by Wim Decock

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