North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Pelecaniformes

AphiaID

2684 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2684)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Order

Parent

Aves

Direct children (5)

Ordering

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Family Fregatidae Garrod, 1874
Family Pelecanidae Pelecanidae
Family Phaethontidae Brandt, 1831
Family Phalacrocoracidae Reichenbach, 1850
Family Sulidae Reichenbach, 1849

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

ERMS (2025). Pelecaniformes. Accessed at: http://marbef.org//marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=2684 on 2026-07-01

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Pelecaniformes. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=2684 on 2026-07-01

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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basis of record Harrison, P. (1985). Seabirds: an identification guide. Revised edition. Christopher Helm Publisher. A & C Black: London, UK. ISBN 0-7136-3510-X. 448 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Definitions

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To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pelecaniformes)
To Genbank
To ITIS