North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Melanitta americana (Swainson, 1832)

Melanitta americana

AphiaID

366594 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:366594)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Melanitta Boie, 1822

Original name

Oedemia americana Swainson, 1832

Synonymised names

Melanitta nigra americana (Swainson, 1832) · unaccepted

Environment

marine, terrestrial

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

NARMS (2025). Melanitta americana (Swainson, 1832). Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=366594 on 2026-07-15

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Melanitta americana (Swainson, 1832). Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=366594 on 2026-07-15

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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basis of record Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

To Barcode of Life (10 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Melanitta nigra americana (Swainson, 1832))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Melanitta americana)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 92 proteins) (from synonym Melanitta nigra americana (Swainson, 1832))
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 92 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Near Threatened)
To PESI (from synonym Melanitta nigra americana (Swainson, 1832))
To PESI
To ITIS

From editor or global species database

Melanitta americana