North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Mergus Linnaeus, 1758

AphiaID

159096 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159096)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Anatidae Vigors, 1825

Direct children (3)

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Species Mergus merganser Linnaeus, 1758
Species Mergus serrator Linnaeus, 1758
Species Mergus albellus (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Mergellus albellus (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Original description

Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 129 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

ERMS (2021). Mergus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159096 on 2026-05-25

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Mergus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=159096 on 2026-05-25

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-05-27 09:47:05Z

created

Appeltans, Ward

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original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 129 [details] Available for editors

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 (Mergus)
To Genbank
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