Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Tetrapoda > Class Aves > Order Anseriformes > Family Anatidae > Genus Somateria

Somateria mollissima (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Anas Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

Somateriaaccepted genus name

Species group names

Anas mollissima Linnaeus, 1758 objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Albanian: pata e detit sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.
 Bokmål (Norwegian): ærfugl sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Bulgarian: Обикновена гага sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Danish: ederfugl sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Dutch: eider; eidereend sources: 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.;Cattrijsse, A.; Vincx, M. (2001). Biodiversity of the benthos and the avifauna of the Belgian coastal waters: summary of data collected between 1970 and 1998. Sustainable Management of the North Sea. Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs: Brussel, Belgium. 48 pp.
 English: common eider; eider; eider duck sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS);PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 English-United States: Common Eider; Eider; Eider Duck sources: Charles Hussey
 French: eider à duvet; eider commun sources: 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.;De Coninck, L. A. P. (1938): Scientific results of Prof. Dr. P. Van Oye's expedition in Iceland. II observations ornithologiques. Biol. Jb. Dodonaea 5: 234-264
 German: Eiderente sources: 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.
 Greek: Κοινή Πουπουλόπαπια sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Icelandic: aedarfugl; aedur sources: De Coninck, L. A. P. (1938): Scientific results of Prof. Dr. P. Van Oye's expedition in Iceland. II observations ornithologiques. Biol. Jb. Dodonaea 5: 234-264
 Italian: edredone sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Lithuanian: paprastoji gaga sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian: Ærfugl sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Bokmål: ærfugl sources: Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 124
 Norwegian Nynorsk: ærfugl sources: Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 124
 Nynorsk (Norwegian): ærfugl sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Polish: edredon sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Romanian: eiderul sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Russian: обыкновенная гага sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Slovenian: gaga sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Spanish, Castillian: eider común sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Swedish: ejder sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Turkish: pufla kazi; pufla kazı sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Ukrainian: Гага звичайна; Звичайна гага; пухівка; Пухівка (Звичайна гага) sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Welsh: hwyaden fwythblu

Literature

original description

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp.

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

Banks, R.C., R.W. McDiarmid, and A.L. Gardner. 1987. Checklist of vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Publication No. 166. 79 p.

additional source

Field Guide to Birds of North America 1983

additional source

Grand Manan Whale and Seabird Research Station.

additional source

Peterson, R.T. and V.M. Peterson. 2002. A field guide to the birds of eastern and central North America. Fifth Edition. Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York. 427 p.

additional source

Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.

additional source

Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].

additional source

Linkletter, L.E. 1977. A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68 p.

additional source

Squires, H.J. 1990. Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 221. 532 p.

additional source

Vanner, M. 2003. The encyclopedia of North American birds. Paragon Publishing. Bath. 383 p.

additional source

Costello, M.J.; Emblow, C.; White, R. (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. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France. ISBN 2-85653-538-0. 463 pp.

additional source

Gallardo, J. C., V. Macías, and E. Velarde. 2009. Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1321–1342 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

additional source

ITIS database

Genbank

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Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (1212 nucleotides; 1003 proteins)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (830 publications)
Barcode of Life (16 barcodes)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Somateria mollissima (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137074

Drs Cees Roselaar. Somateria mollissima (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=96523

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Occurrence

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Environment


marine

Importance

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2011-04-08 by Drs Cees Roselaar & by Peter Adriaens

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