WoRMS taxon details
Orcinus Fitzinger, 1860
AphiaID: 137021
AphiaID: 137021
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Mammalia (Class) > Theria (Subclass) > Cetartiodactyla (Order) > Cetancodonta (Suborder) > Cetacea (Infraorder) > Odontoceti (Superfamily) > Delphinidae (Family) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | ||||||||||
| Parent | Delphinidae Gray, 1821 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Gladiator Gray, 1870 (synonym) Grampus Iredale & Troughton, 1933 (synonym) Ophysia Gray, 1868 (synonym) Orca Gray, 1846 (preoccupied) | ||||||||||
| Sources |
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 IMIS) [details] additional source: King, C. (2009). Terrestrial mammals (Chordata). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details] additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] | ||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758) Species Orcinus glacialis Berzin & Vladimirov, 1982 accepted as Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758) Species Orcinus nanus Mikhalev, Ivashin, Savusin & Zelenaya, 1981 accepted as Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758) | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine | ||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137021 | ||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Perrin, W. (2013). Orcinus Fitzinger, 1860. In: Perrin, W.F. (2013) World Cetacea Database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137021 on 2013-05-26 | |||||||||||
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