WoRMS taxon details

Platalea Linnaeus, 1758

204341  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:204341)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Gnathostomata (Infraphylum)
  6. Tetrapoda (Megaclass)
  7. Reptilia (Superclass)
  8. Aves (Class)
  9. Ciconiiformes (Order)
  10. Threskiornithidae (Family)
  11. Platalea (Genus)
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Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Description Size: medium. Other details: legs long; bill flattened and expanded towards tip forming flat spoon; slight notching at tip...  
Description Size: medium. Other details: legs long; bill flattened and expanded towards tip forming flat spoon; slight notching at tip of mandible; narrow groove from nostril along margin of upper mandible almost to tip; face naked. Feed by sweeping bill from side to side in water. [details]
WoRMS (2025). Platalea Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204341 on 2025-04-03
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1998-08-21 13:28:34Z
created
Depew, Lorna
1998-09-25 09:27:15Z
changed
Vanden Berghe, Edward
2006-09-27 07:06:07Z
changed
Martinez, Olga

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Nomenclature

original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

basis of record Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman. (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. <em>Academic Press, London.</em> [details] 

Other

additional source 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 
Unreviewed
Description Size: medium. Other details: legs long; bill flattened and expanded towards tip forming flat spoon; slight notching at tip of mandible; narrow groove from nostril along margin of upper mandible almost to tip; face naked. Feed by sweeping bill from side to side in water. [details]
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Japanese ヘラサギ属  [details]
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