North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Anas Linnaeus, 1758

AphiaID

148788 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:148788)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Anatidae Vigors, 1825

Direct children (14)

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Species Anas acuta Linnaeus, 1758
Species Anas americana Gmelin, 1789
Species Anas carolinensis Gmelin, 1789
Species Anas crecca Linnaeus, 1758
Species Anas cyanoptera Vieillot, 1816
Species Anas falcata Georgi, 1775
Species Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758
Species Anas rubripes Brewster, 1902
Species Anas strepera Linnaeus, 1758
Species Anas clypeata Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Spatula clypeata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Anas discors Linnaeus, 1766 accepted as Spatula discors (Linnaeus, 1766)
Species Anas formosa Georgi, 1775 accepted as Sibirionetta formosa (Georgi, 1775)
Species Anas penelope Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Mareca penelope (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Anas querquedula Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Spatula querquedula (Linnaeus, 1758)

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Original description

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

ERMS (2021). Anas Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: http://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=148788 on 2026-06-10

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Anas Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=148788 on 2026-06-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-03-29 08:12:19Z

created

Claus, Simon

2017-10-02 08:42:01Z

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Tasker, Mark

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original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

basis of record Jonsson, L. (1993). Vogels van Europa, Noord-Afrika en het Midden-Oosten [Birds of Europe, northern Africa and the Middle East]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-187-6. 560 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman. (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. Academic Press, London. [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 (Anas)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To ITIS