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MSBIAS taxon details

Cygnus Bechstein, 1803

AphiaID

159087 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159087)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Anatidae Vigors, 1825

Direct children (3)

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Species Cygnus columbianus (Ord, 1815)
Species Cygnus cygnus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cygnus olor (Gmelin, 1789)

Environment

brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

MSBIAS (2025). Cygnus Bechstein, 1803. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159087 on 2025-06-06

Regional species database citation

The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2025). Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Cygnus Bechstein, 1803. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159087 on 2025-06-06

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-05-27 09:47:05Z

created

Appeltans, Ward

2006-09-11 06:44:08Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2017-10-02 08:42:01Z

checked

Tasker, Mark

[taxonomic tree]

basis of record Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

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To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cygnus)
To Genbank
To ITIS