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WoRMS taxon details
Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758) AphiaID: 137102
| Status | | accepted |
Record status | | Checked by Taxonomic Editor |
| Rank | | Species |
| Parent | | Orcinus Fitzinger, 1860 |
Synonymised taxa | |
Delphinus duhameli Lacépède, 1804 (synonym)
Delphinus gladiator Bonnaterre, 1789 (synonym)
Delphinus grampus Blainville, 1817 (synonym)
Delphinus orca Linnaeus, 1758 (basionym)
Delphinus orca ensidoratus Kerr, 1792 (synonym)
Delphinus serra Borowski, 1780 (synonym)
Delphinus victorini Grill, 1858 (synonym)
Grampus orca Iredale & Troughton, 1933 (synonym)
Grampus rectipinna Scheffer, 1942 (synonym)
Ophysia pacifica Gray, 1870 (synonym)
Orca africana Gray, 1871 (synonym)
Orca antarctica Fischer, 1876 (synonym)
Orca ater Cope, 1869 (synonym)
Orca ater fusca Dall, 1874 (synonym)
Orca atra Gray, 1871 (misspelling)
Orca capensis Gray, 1846 (synonym)
Orca eschrichtii Reinhardt, 1866 (synonym)
Orca glacialis Berzin & Vladimirov, 1982 (synonym)
Orca gladiator Van Beneden & Gervais, 1869-1880 (synonym)
Orca gladiator arcticus Gervais, 1869-1871 (synonym)
Orca gladiator australis Gervais, 1869-1871 (synonym)
Orca gladiator europaeus Gervais, 1869-1871 (synonym)
Orca gladiator tasmaniensis Cabrera, 1961 (synonym)
Orca latirostris Gray, 1870 (synonym)
Orca megellanica Burmeister, 1866 (synonym)
Orca minor Malm, 1871 (synonym)
Orca orca megallanicus (synonym)
Orca pacifica Gray, 1870 (synonym)
Orca rectipinna Cope, 1869 (synonym)
Orca schlegelii Lilljeborg, 1866 (synonym)
Orca stenorhyncha Gray, 1870 (synonym)
Orca tasmanica Gray, 1871 (synonym)
Orcinus glacialis Berzin & Vladimirov, 1982 (synonym)
Orcinus nanus Mikhalev, Ivashin, Savusin & Zelenaya, 1981 (synonym)
Orcinus orca capensis Trouessart, 1904 (synonym)
Orcinus orca eschrichti Trouessart, 1904 (synonym)
Orcinus orca megallanicus Trouessart, 1904 (synonym)
Physeter microps Fabricius, 1780 (synonym)
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original description: Linnaeus C. (1758). Systema Naturae. Editio Decima, Tomus I. Holmiae [Stockholm]: Laurentii Salvii. page(s): 77 [details]
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: Carwardine, M., E. Hoyt, R. E. Fordyce and P. Gill. 1998. Whales, dolphins and porpoises. Time-Life Books. Nature Company Guides, USA. 288 p. [details]
additional source: University of Michigan Museum of Zoology. Animal Diversity Web., available online at http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/index.html [details]
additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source: Mead, J. G. and R. L. Brownell, Jr. (2005). Cetacea. Pages 723--743 in Wilson, D.E. & D.M. Reeder (eds). Mammal Species
of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp., available online at http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/ [details]
additional source: Rice, D. W. 1998. Marine mammals of the world. Systematics and distribution. Society for Marine Mammalogy Special Publication 4. [details]
additional source: Hershkovitz, P. (1966). Catalog of living whales. U.S. National Museum Bulletin 246:1--259. [details]
additional source: Jefferson, T. A., M. A. Webber and R. L. Pitman. (2008). Marine mammals of the world. Academic Press, Amsterdam. [details]
additional source: The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2008., available online at http://www.iucnredlist.org [details]
additional source: Perrin, W. F., B. Würsig and J. G. M. Thewissen. (2009). Encyclopedia of marine mammals. Academic Press, Amsterdam. [details]
additional source: Heyning, J. E. and M. E. Dahlheim. (1988). Orcinus orca. Mammalian Species 304:1--9. [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]
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Vernacular Names | | |
Direct child taxa | | Subspecies Orcinus orca capensis Trouessart, 1904 accepted as Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758)
Subspecies Orcinus orca eschrichti Trouessart, 1904 accepted as Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758)
Subspecies Orcinus orca megallanicus Trouessart, 1904 accepted as Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758)
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| Environment | | marine |
| Distribution | | Antarctica (Large Marine Ecosystem) [details]
Comores [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Gulf of Maine [details]
Kenya [details]
Madagascar [details]
Mauritius [details]
Mediterranean Sea [details]
Mozambique [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Oostende (from synonym) [details]
Reunion [details]
Seychelles [details]
Somalia [details]
Subantarctic Waters [details]
Tanzania [details]
World Oceans [details]
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| Links | | To GenBank
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To ITIS
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| Notes | |
Diet: Numerous fish, squid, and marine mammal species, including blue whales; even gulls, penguins and turtles. [details]
Dimensions: Length: male 17-29 1/2' (5.1-9 m), female 15-25 1/2' (4.6-7.7 m), at birth 6'+ (1.9 m +). Largest of all dolphins. [details]
Distribution: cosmopolitan [details]
Distribution: Antarctica/Southern Ocean; East Pacific; Eastern Atlantic Ocean; Indo-West Pacific; Western Atlantic Ocean [details]
Habitat: inshore and offshore [details]
Holotype: None in existence; name based on killer whale of authors. [details]
IUCN Red List Category: Data Deficient (DD) [details]
Predators: None [details]
Reproduction: Breed in spring and summer off the coast of Washington. Gestation is a year. [details]
Type locality: "Oceano Europaeo" [details]
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| Images | |
Orcinus orca added on 2006-04-11 - author: Armin Rose qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2009-04-18 00:21:41 |
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Orcinus orca - killer whale (mum and calf) added on 2006-06-26 - author: Sea Mammal Research Unit (SMRU) ( ) qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2009-04-18 00:21:52 |
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Spinal column of Orcinus orca added on 2007-05-27 - author: Martin Rauschert qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2009-04-18 00:22:05 |
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Van Beneden (1882, plaat 1) added on 2008-05-07 - author: Van Cuyck in Van Beneden, P.-J. (1882) scan provided by VLIZ - www.wetenschatten.be qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2009-04-18 00:22:13 |
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Van Beneden (1882, plaat 2) added on 2008-05-07 - author: Anoniem in Van Beneden, P.-J. (1882) scan provided by VLIZ - www.wetenschatten.be qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2009-04-18 00:22:50 |
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Van Beneden & Gervais (1880, plaat 46) added on 2008-06-04 - author: Delahaye in Van Beneden & Gervais (1880) scan provided by VLIZ - www.wetenschatten.be qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2009-04-18 00:23:01 |
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Van Beneden & Gervais (1880, plaat 47) added on 2008-06-04 - author: Delahaye in Van Beneden & Gervais (1880) scan provided by VLIZ - www.wetenschatten.be qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2009-04-18 00:23:10 |
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Van Beneden & Gervais (1880, plaat 48) added on 2008-06-04 - author: Delahaye in Van Beneden & Gervais (1880) scan provided by VLIZ - www.wetenschatten.be qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2009-04-18 00:23:20 |
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Van Beneden & Gervais (1880, plaat 49) added on 2008-06-04 - author: Delahaye in Van Beneden & Gervais (1880) scan provided by VLIZ - www.wetenschatten.be qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2009-04-18 00:23:33 |
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Van Beneden & Gervais (1880, plaat 53) added on 2008-06-04 - author: Delahaye in Van Beneden & Gervais (1880) scan provided by VLIZ - www.wetenschatten.be qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2009-04-18 00:23:45 |
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Orcinus orca added on 2009-02-16 - author: Collection Georges Declercq qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2009-04-18 00:23:56 |
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Orcinus orca added on 2009-02-16 - author: Collection Georges Declercq qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2009-04-18 00:24:07 |
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Orcinus orca added on 2009-02-16 - author: Collection Georges Declercq qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2009-04-18 00:24:18 |
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Orcinus orca added on 2009-02-16 - author: Collection Georges Declercq qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2009-04-18 00:24:29 |
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Orcinus orca added on 2009-02-16 - author: Collection Georges Declercq qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2009-04-18 00:24:37 |
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Killer whales (Orcinus orca) added on 2009-04-22 - author: Robert L. Pitman, NOAA Fisheries, USA ( ) qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2009-04-22 19:31:25 |
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| | | Citation: Perrin, W. (2009). Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Perrin, W.F. World Cetacea Database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137102 on 2010-02-09 |
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