The Key to Scientific Names

Edited by James A. Jobling
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Platypus

Gr. πλατυπους platupous, πλατυποδος platupodos  flat-footed  < πλατυς platus  broad; πους pous, ποδος podos  foot.
• (Anatidae; syn. Aythya † Tufted Duck A. fuligula) "Anas leucocephala, Lath., Anas mersa, Pallas, Platypus leucocephalus, Br.   ...   Platypus marilus, Br., Anas marila, Linn.   ...   Platypus fuligulus, Br., Anas fuligula, Linn.   ...   Platypus ferinus, Br., Anas ferina, Linn.   ...   Platypus rufinus, Br., Anas rufina, Pall." (C. Brehm, 1831); "Platypus C. Brehm, 1831, Handb. Naturgesch. Vögel Deutschlands, p. 909 (not of Herbst, 1793 (Coleoptera), nor of Shaw, 1799 (Mammalia), nor of Brehm, 1824).  Type, by subsequent designation (G. Gray, 1841, List Genera Birds, 2nd ed., p. 95), Anas fuligula Linnaeus, 1758.  Brehm cast his Platypus net rather widely, but Gray is quite specific in the date and type." (JAJ 2021).
• (Anatidae; syn. Somateria Common Eider S. mollissima) "Vierte Gattung. Tauchente.  (Breitfuß.)  Platypus, mihi.  ...  Die Füße stehen ganz hinten, sind am Schienbein zur Hälfte mit der Bauchhaut verwachsen und durch ihr Kniegelenk, wir durch ihre Zehen und Schwimmhäute sehr ausgezeichnet.  ...  Die großschnäblige Eidertauchente. (Gemeine Eiderente. Eidergans.)  Platypus mollissimus, mihi. (Anas mollissima, Linn.)   ...   Platypus borealis  ...  Pl. mollissimus  ...  Altensteins Eidertauchente. Platypus Altensteinii, mihi  ...  Platypus spectabilis" (C. Brehm 1824); "Platypus C. Brehm, 1824, Lehrbuch Naturgesch. Europ. Vögel, II, pp. 805, 999 (not of Herbst, 1793 (Coleoptera), nor of Shaw, 1799 (Mammalia)).  Type, by subsequent designation (G. Gray, 1841, List Genera Birds, 2nd ed., p. 95), Anas mollissima Linnaeus, 1758." (JAJ 2021).


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