WoRMS taxon details
Phaethon Linnaeus, 1758
- Species Phaethon aethereus Linnaeus, 1758
- Species Phaethon lepturus Daudin, 1802
- Species Phaethon rubricauda Boddaert, 1783
marine, terrestrial
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
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Description Large, somewhat stout wih short pointed wings. Bill slightly decurved and pointed with serrate edges. Legs very short. Tail...
Description Large, somewhat stout wih short pointed wings. Bill slightly decurved and pointed with serrate edges. Legs very short. Tail long and wedge-shaped with central two feathers elongated into streamers. [details]
WoRMS (2024). Phaethon Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137053 on 2024-04-16
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Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 375-376 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman. (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. <em>Academic Press, London.</em> [details]
[request] basis of record van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 375-376 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman. (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. <em>Academic Press, London.</em> [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From other sources
Description Large, somewhat stout wih short pointed wings. Bill slightly decurved and pointed with serrate edges. Legs very short. Tail long and wedge-shaped with central two feathers elongated into streamers. [details]
| Language | Name | |
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| Japanese | ネッタイチョウ属 | [details] |
