The Key to Scientific Names
Edited by James A. Jobling
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Apterodita (See: APTENODYTES)
APTENODYTES (Spheniscidae; Ϯ King Penguin A. patagonicus) Gr. απτην aptēn, απτηνος aptēnos unwinged, wingless (i.e. flightless) < negative prefix α- a- ; πτηνος ptēnos winged; δυτης dutēs diver < δυω duō to plunge; "TABULA XXIII. Fig. A. APTENODYTES patagonica. LIN. Syst. Nat. Classis I. Genus I. Spec. Habitat in Mari antarctico." (J. F. Miller 1778); "Aptenodytes J. F. Miller, Icon. Anim., 1778, pl. 23. Type, by monotypy, Aptenodytes patagonica Miller." (Peters, 1931, I, p. 29).
Var. Apteniodytes, Aptenodita, Aptenodites, Aptenodyta, Apterodita, Apterodytes.
Synon. Eriornis, Pinguinaria.
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