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Cepphus grylle (Linnaeus, 1758) 
AphiaID: 137130

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Aves (Class) > Charadriiformes (Order) > Alcidae (Family) > Cepphus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Cepphus Pallas, 1769
Sources  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., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100 [details]

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 (look up in IMIS[details]

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. [details]

additional source: Field Guide to Birds of North America 1983 [details]

additional source: Grand Manan Whale and Seabird Research Station., available online at http://www.gmwsrs.org/main.htm [details]

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. [details]

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.  [details]

additional source: Squires, H.J. 1990. Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 221. 532 p. [details]

additional source: Vanner, M. 2003. The encyclopedia of North American birds. Paragon Publishing. Bath. 383 p. [details]

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. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013]., available online at http://www.dyntaxa.se [details]

additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Danish tejst  [details]
Dutch zwarte zeekoet  [details]
English black guillemot  [details]
French guillemot à miroir  [details]
German Gryllteiste  [details]
German Teiste  [details]
Lithuanian taistė  [details]
Modern Greek (1453-) Μαύρη ουρία  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål teist  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk teist  [details]
Polish nurnik  [details]
Polish nurzyk białoskrzydły  [details]
Scottish Gaelic foracha dhubh  [details]
Slovenian črna njorka  [details]
Spanish arao aliblanco  [details]
Swedish tobisgrissla  [details]
Turkish kara dalıcı martı  [details]
Ukrainian Чистик чорний  [details]
Ukrainian Чорний чистик  [details]
Welsh gwylog ddu  [details]
Environment marine
Distribution Arctic Ocean [details]
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Gulf of Maine [details]
Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Polish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Wimereux [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (11 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (380 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 19 proteins)
To IUCN Red List
To PESI
To ITIS
Notes  Dimensions: Length: 13" (33 cm) [details]

Distribution: North America; range extends throughout the Canadian Atlantic [details]

Distribution: circum-arctic [details]

Reproduction: Breeds in the Arctic of Europe and Asia, and in eastern North America south to northern New England. Winters in the Breeding range and southwards to Long Island, France, and Germany, usually staying offshore. Eggs are laid from late May to late July. [details]
Images 
Cepphus grylle
Cepphus grylle
added on 2009-02-18 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2013-04-12 10:18:15

Cepphus grylle
Cepphus grylle
added on 2009-02-18 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2013-04-12 10:18:21

Cepphus grylle
Cepphus grylle
added on 2009-02-18 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2013-04-12 10:18:27
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137130
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2011-04-08 06:18:06Z  checked  Adriaens, Peter
  
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  Citation: Adriaens, P. (2013). Cepphus grylle (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137130 on 2013-05-21
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