North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS name details

Melanitta nigra americana (Swainson, 1832)

AphiaID

366593 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:366593)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Melanitta americana (Swainson, 1832)

Rank

Subspecies

Parent

Melanitta nigra (Linnaeus, 1758)

Original name

Oedemia americana Swainson, 1832

Environment

marine, terrestrial

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

ERMS (2025). Melanitta nigra americana (Swainson, 1832). Accessed at: http://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=366593 on 2026-07-19

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Melanitta nigra americana (Swainson, 1832). Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=366593 on 2026-07-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-08-21 07:47:15Z

created

Decock, Wim

2011-04-04 12:52:34Z

changed

Adriaens, Peter

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