IRMNG - Somateria Leach, 1819

IRMNG taxon details

Somateria Leach, 1819

IRMNG_ID

1289431 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1289431)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Anatidae Vigors, 1825

Synonymised names

Occa Chesnon, 1834 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Sommateria Kaup, 1829 · unaccepted

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

Environment

marine

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Ann. Phil., 13 (73)
page(s): 61 [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic remark Authority cited elsewhere as Leach in Ross, 1819.

Taxonomic remark Authority cited elsewhere as Leach in Ross, 1819. [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2025). Somateria Leach, 1819. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1289431 on 2026-08-22

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

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original description Ann. Phil., 13 (73)
page(s): 61 [details]

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

basis of record SN2000/Monroe Jr. & Sibley, 1993 [details]

verified source for family WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

current name source CoL 2006 [details]

current name source WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]

extant flag source SN2000/Monroe Jr. & Sibley, 1993, PaleoDB [details]

habitat flag source web search (AJR) [details]

original description (of Occa Chesnon, 1834) Chesnon, C.G. (1834). Essai sur l'histoire naturelle de la Normandie. Vol. 1. Quadrupèdes et oiseaux. Bayeux: C. Groult; & Paris: Lance; 408 pp. , available online at https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6488313h
page(s): 380 [details]

original description (of Sommateria Kaup, 1829) Entwickgesch.
page(s): 196 [details]

Unreviewed

Descriptive info Eiders [details]

Habitat Marine and nonmarine [details]

Taxonomic remark Authority cited elsewhere as Leach in Ross, 1819. [details]

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