WoRMS taxon details
Cetacea
- Superfamily Mysticeti Flower, 1864
- Superfamily Odontoceti Flower, 1867
- Superfamily Cetodontes Van Beneden & Gervais, 1869-1880 accepted as Odontoceti Flower, 1867 (synonym)
- Superfamily Delphiniceti Abel, 1913 accepted as Odontoceti Flower, 1867 (synonym for part of Odontoceti)
- Superfamily Denticete Gray, 1864 accepted as Odontoceti Flower, 1867 (synonym)
- Superfamily Denticeti Cope, 1869 accepted as Odontoceti Flower, 1867 (synonym)
- Superfamily Odontoceta De Blasé, 1982 accepted as Odontoceti Flower, 1867 (synonym)
- Superfamily Odontocete Flower, 1865 accepted as Odontoceti Flower, 1867 (synonym)
- Superfamily Squaloceti Abel, 1913 accepted as Odontoceti Flower, 1867 (synonym for part of Odontoceti)
marine, brackish, fresh
recent + fossil
Not documented
Taxonomy Formerly an order, but now contained within Order Cetartiodactyla
Taxonomy Formerly an order, but now contained within Order Cetartiodactyla [details]
WoRMS (2025). Cetacea. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=2688 on 2025-04-30
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Nomenclature
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Formerly an order, but now contained within Order Cetartiodactyla [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | walvissen | [details] |
| English | whales, dolphins and porpoises | [details] |
| German | Wale | [details] |
| Italian | cetacei | [details] |
| Lithuanian | banginiai | [details] |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | Κητώδη | [details] |
| Norwegian | hvaler | [details] |
| Norwegian Bokmål | hvaler | [details] |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | kvalar | [details] |
| Polish | walenie | [details] |
| Russian | ктообразные | [details] |
| Slovenian | kiti | [details] |
| Swedish | valar | [details] |
| Turkish | balinalar | [details] |
| Ukrainian | Китоподібні | [details] |
