IRMNG - Aptenodytes Miller, 1778

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Aptenodytes Miller, 1778

IRMNG_ID

1039552 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1039552)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Spheniscidae Bonaparte, 1831

Synonymised names

Apteniodytes Swainson, 1837 · unaccepted

Aptenodita Bonnaterre, 1791 · unaccepted

Aptenodites Lesson, 1837 · unaccepted

Aptenodyta Gmelin, 1788 · unaccepted

Aptenodytes Forster in G. Forster, 1777 · unaccepted > nomen nudum

Apteradytes Bechstein, 1809 · unaccepted

Apterodita Scopoli, 1786 · unaccepted

Apterodytes Ameghino, 1901 · unaccepted

Palaeoapterodytes Ameghino, 1905 · unaccepted

Penguinaria Griffith, ? 1830 · unaccepted

Pinguinaria Shaw, 1792 · unaccepted

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Species Aptenodytes forsteri Gray, 1844
Species Aptenodytes patagonicus Miller, 1778
Species Aptenodytes ridgeni Simpson, 1972 †
Species Aptenodytes australis J.E. Gray, 1829 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
Species Aptenodytes antarctica J.R. Forster, 1781 accepted as Pygoscelis antarctica (Forster, 1781)
Species Aptenodytes excelsior Mathews & Iredale, 1935 accepted as Aptenodytes forsteri Gray, 1844
Species Aptenodytes imperator Bonaparte, 1856 accepted as Aptenodytes forsteri Gray, 1844
Species Aptenodytes longicauda Peale, 1848 accepted as Pygoscelis adeliae (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841)
Species Aptenodytes longicaudata Ogilvie-Grant, 1898 accepted as Pygoscelis adeliae (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841)
Species Aptenodytes magellanicus J.R. Forster, 1781 accepted as Spheniscus magellanicus (Forster, 1781)
Species Aptenodytes minor J.R. Forster, 1781 accepted as Eudyptula minor (Forster, 1781)
Species Aptenodytes patachonica Latham, 1790 accepted as Aptenodytes patagonicus Miller, 1778
Species Aptenodytes patagonica J.F. Miller, 1778 accepted as Aptenodytes patagonicus Miller, 1778

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, terrestrial

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Icon. Anim., pl
page(s): 23 [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic remark Authority cited elsewhere as J.F. Miller, 1778. Available name (validated by ICZN, Opinion 67); Aptenodytes Forster, 1777...

Taxonomic remark Authority cited elsewhere as J.F. Miller, 1778. Available name (validated by ICZN, Opinion 67); Aptenodytes Forster, 1777 is a nomen nudum, refer ICZN Index. [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2021). Aptenodytes Miller, 1778. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1039552 on 2025-03-26

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

2019-07-17 18:54:12Z

changed

Rees, Tony

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original description Icon. Anim., pl
page(s): 23 [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]

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 CoL 2006 [details]

extant flag source as per included species [details]

habitat flag source web search (AJR) [details]

original description (of Aptenodyta Gmelin, 1788) Syst. Nat., ed. 13, 1, 242
page(s): 559 [details]

original description (of Aptenodita Bonnaterre, 1791) Tabl. enc. méth. Orn., 1, 1823, xxxiv. [details]

original description (of Penguinaria Griffith, ? 1830) in Griffith-Cuvier, An. Kingdom, 8, 1829, 560
page(s): 561 [details]

original description (of Apterodytes Ameghino, 1901) An. Soc. Argent., 51
page(s): 81 [details]

original description (of Aptenodites Lesson, 1837) Compl. Buffon, 9
page(s): 542 [details]

original description (of Palaeoapterodytes Ameghino, 1905) An. Mus. Buenos Aires, (3) 6
page(s): 120 [details]

original description (of Apterodita Scopoli, 1786) Del. Insub., 2
page(s): 91 [details]

original description (of Apteradytes Bechstein, 1809) Gem. Nat. Deutschl., ed. 2, 4,
page(s): 1215 [details]

original description (of Apteniodytes Swainson, 1837) N. H. Classif. Birds, 2
page(s): 193 [details]

original description (of Pinguinaria Shaw, 1792) Mus. Lever.
page(s): 144 [details]

original description (of Aptenodytes Forster in G. Forster, 1777) in G. Forster, Voy. World, 1
page(s): 98 [details]

Unreviewed

Descriptive info Penguins [details]

Habitat Marine and nonmarine [details]

Taxonomic remark Authority cited elsewhere as J.F. Miller, 1778. Available name (validated by ICZN, Opinion 67); Aptenodytes Forster, 1777 is a nomen nudum, refer ICZN Index. [details]

To WoRMS (from synonym Aptenodytes Forster in G. Forster, 1777)