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

Mergus Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Mergus merganser Linnaeus, 1758
Mergus serrator Linnaeus, 1758

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Japanese: ウミアイサ属

Literature

original description

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p.

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Mergus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159096

Drs. Cees Roselaar. Mergus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/f894fc09-5584-4957-bf0d-7c1310e1630b

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Importance

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urn:lsid:faunaeur.org:taxname:96546

Last modified

2005-05-27 by Drs. Cees Roselaar & by Ward Appeltans

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