MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Larus Linnaeus, 1758

ERMS taxon details

Larus Linnaeus, 1758

AphiaID

137043 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137043)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Laridae Vigors, 1825

Direct children (23)

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Species Larus argentatus Pontoppidan, 1763
Species Larus atricilla Linnaeus, 1758
Species Larus audouinii Payraudeau, 1826
Species Larus cachinnans Pallas, 1811
Species Larus canus Linnaeus, 1758
Species Larus delawarensis Ord, 1815
Species Larus fuscus Linnaeus, 1758
Species Larus glaucoides Meyer, 1822
Species Larus hyperboreus Gunnerus, 1767
Species Larus ichthyaetus Pallas, 1773
Species Larus icthyaetus Pallas, 1773
Species Larus marinus Linnaeus, 1758
Species Larus michahellis J.F. Naumann, 1840
Species Larus philadelphia (Ord, 1815)
Species Larus pipixcan Wagler, 1813
Species Larus ridibundus Linnaeus, 1766
Species Larus cirrocephalus Vieillot, 1818 accepted as Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus (Vieillot, 1818)
Species Larus genei di Breme, 1839 accepted as Chroicocephalus genei (di Breme, 1839)
Species Larus melanocephalus Temminck, 1820 accepted as Ichthyaetus melanocephalus (Temminck, 1820)
Species Larus minutus Pallas, 1776 accepted as Hydrocoloeus minutus (Pallas, 1776) (synonym)
Species Larus rossii Richardson, 1825 accepted as Rhodostethia rosea (MacGillivray, 1824) (Synonym)
Species Larus sabini Sabine, 1819 accepted as Xema sabini (Sabine, 1819)
Species Larus tridactyla Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Rissa tridactyla (Linnaeus, 1758) (Synonym)

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Original description

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

Taxonomic citation

NARMS (2025). Larus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=137043 on 2026-08-21

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Larus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: http://marbef.org//data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137043 on 2026-08-21

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2006-09-13 06:47:38Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

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

basis of record van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 375-376 (look up in RoR) [details]

additional source Cattrijsse, A. & M. Vincx. (2001). Biodiversity of the benthos and the avifauna of the Belgian coastal waters: summary of data collected between 1970 and 1998. Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs: Brussel, Belgium. 48 pp. (look up in RoR) [details] Available for editors

additional source Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

additional source Urban, E. K.; Fry, C. H.; Keith, S. (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. Academic Press, London. [details]

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Introduced: alien

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