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Somateria mollissima
(Linnaeus, 1758)
- common eider
(bird)
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Somateria (Genus)
..Somateria fischeri (Species) - spectacled eider
..Somateria spectabilis (Species) - king eider
..Somateria mollissima (Species) - common eider
....Somateria mollissima borealis (Subspecies)
....Somateria mollissima dresseri (Subspecies)
....Somateria mollissima faroeensis (Subspecies)
....Somateria mollissima mollissima (Subspecies) - common eider
....Somateria mollissima sedentaria (Subspecies)
....Somateria mollissima v-nigrum (Subspecies) - Pacific eider
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
(C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Original name
:
Linnaeus, C. 1758.
Syst. Nat.
(ed. 10)
1
: 124.
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:
Subsequent generic combination
:
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:
Types
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]
:
Somateria mollissima mollissima
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Ref:
B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993
: 18.
[implicit]
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Basionym
:
Anas mollissima
Linnaeus, 1758
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
eidereend
Ref:
C.M. Perrins (ed.), 1991 (1990)
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
common eider
Ref:
E.C. Dickinson (ed.), 2003
: 69.
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