IRMNG - Phaethon Linnaeus, 1758

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Phaethon Linnaeus, 1758

IRMNG_ID

1033438 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1033438)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Phaethontidae Brandt, 1831

Synonymised names

Leptophaëthon Mathews, 1913 · unaccepted

Lepturus Reichenbach, 1853 · unaccepted

Lepturus Möhring, 1758 · unaccepted (Published in a rejected work (ICZN))

Phaëthon Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted

Phäethon · unaccepted

Phaeton Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted

Phaëton Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted

Pheton Fleming, 1822 · unaccepted

Scaeophaëthon Mathews, 1913 · unaccepted

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Species Phaethon aethereus Linnaeus, 1758
Species Phaethon lepturus Daudin, 1802
Species Phaethon rubricauda Boddaert, 1783
Species Phaethon flavoaurantius Lawrence, 1862 accepted as Phaëthon lepturus (Daudin, 1802)
Species Phaethon novaehollandiae Brandt, 1840 accepted as Phaëthon lepturus (Daudin, 1802)

Environment

marine

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. 10th edition. Laurentius Salvius, Holmiae, 824 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277
page(s): 134; note: as Phaëthon, also as Phaëton (same page) [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic remark see Phaëton Linnaeus 1758 (Nomen. Zool.). Available name (validated by ICZN, Opinion 67, 1916), as Phaëthon. Adjusted in...

Taxonomic remark see Phaëton Linnaeus 1758 (Nomen. Zool.). Available name (validated by ICZN, Opinion 67, 1916), as Phaëthon. Adjusted in IRMNG from original spelling Phaëthon. [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2024). Phaethon Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1033438 on 2025-01-19

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 Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. 10th edition. Laurentius Salvius, Holmiae, 824 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277
page(s): 134; note: as Phaëthon, also as Phaëton (same page) [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 WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]

current name source CoL 2006 [details]

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

habitat flag source web search (AJR) [details]

original description (of Leptophaëthon Mathews, 1913) Austral Avian Rec., 2
page(s): 56 [details]

original description (of Phaëthon Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. 10th edition. Laurentius Salvius, Holmiae, 824 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277
page(s): 134; note: also as Phaëton (same page) [details]

original description (of Scaeophaëthon Mathews, 1913) Austral Avian Rec., 2
page(s): 56 [details]

original description (of Phaeton Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. 10th edition. Laurentius Salvius, Holmiae, 824 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277
page(s): 134; note: as Phaëton, also as Phaëthon (same page) [details]

original description (of Lepturus Möhring, 1758) Geslach. Vogel. (Nozem. & Vosm. ed.), 5
page(s): 52 [details]

original description (of Phaëton Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. 10th edition. Laurentius Salvius, Holmiae, 824 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277
page(s): 134 [details]

original description (of Pheton Fleming, 1822) Phil. Zool.; 1, xxxiv. [details]

Unreviewed

Descriptive info Tropicbirds [details]

Habitat Marine and nonmarine [details]

Taxonomic remark see Phaëton Linnaeus 1758 (Nomen. Zool.). Available name (validated by ICZN, Opinion 67, 1916), as Phaëthon. Adjusted in IRMNG from original spelling Phaëthon. [details]

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