North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Cygnus Bechstein, 1803

AphiaID

159087 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159087)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Anatidae Vigors, 1825

Direct children (3)

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Species Cygnus columbianus (Ord, 1815)
Species Cygnus cygnus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cygnus olor (Gmelin, 1789)

Environment

brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

ERMS (2021). Cygnus Bechstein, 1803. Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159087 on 2026-06-06

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Cygnus Bechstein, 1803. Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=159087 on 2026-06-06

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-05-27 09:47:05Z

created

Appeltans, Ward

2006-09-11 06:44:08Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2017-10-02 08:42:01Z

checked

Tasker, Mark

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basis of record Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [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 (Cygnus)
To Genbank
To ITIS