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Berardius Duvernoy, 1851 
AphiaID: 231402

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Mammalia (Class) > Theria (Subclass) > Cetartiodactyla (Order) > Cetancodonta (Suborder) > Cetacea (Infraorder) > Odontoceti (Superfamily) > Ziphiidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Ziphiidae Gray, 1850
Synonymised
taxa
  Berardus Gray, 1863 (synonym)
Paikea Oliver, 1922 (synonym)
Sources  basis of record: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

basis of record: Wilson D.E. & Reeder D.A.M. (1993). Mammals species of the world. A taxonomic and geographic reference. Second edition. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, 1206 pp. [details]

additional source: Shirihai, H. 2002 A complete guide to Antarctic Wildlife: the Birds and Marine Mammals of the Antarctic Continent and the Southern Ocean Alula Press FI 510 pp [details]

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taxa

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 Species Berardius arnuxii Duvernoy, 1851
Species Berardius bairdii Stejneger, 1883

Species Berardius arnouxi Flower, 1874 accepted as Berardius arnuxii Duvernoy, 1851
Species Berardius arnouxii Duvernoy, 1851 accepted as Berardius arnuxii Duvernoy, 1851
Species Berardius arnuxi Davies, 1963 accepted as Berardius arnuxii Duvernoy, 1851
Species Berardius arnuxi Davies, 1863 accepted as Berardius arnuxii Duvernoy, 1851
Species Berardius bairdi Omura, Fujino & Kimura, 1955 accepted as Berardius bairdii Stejneger, 1883
Species Berardius hectori Gray, 1871 accepted as Mesoplodon hectori (Gray, 1871)
Species Berardius hectori Hector, 1874 accepted as Mesoplodon grayi von Haast, 1876
Species Berardius vegaae Trouessart, 1904 accepted as Berardius bairdii Stejneger, 1883
Species Berardius vegae Malm, 1883 accepted as Berardius bairdii Stejneger, 1883
Species Berardius vegana Bourdelle & Grasse, 1955 accepted as Berardius bairdii Stejneger, 1883
Environment marine
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:231402
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2006-05-17 09:54:26Z  created  Charbonneau, Danny
2008-08-20 11:25:36Z  changed  Perrin, William
  
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  Citation: Perrin, W. (2013). Berardius Duvernoy, 1851. 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=231402 on 2013-05-21
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