WoRMS taxon details
Neophocaena Palmer, 1899
AphiaID: 254984
AphiaID: 254984
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Mammalia (Class) > Theria (Subclass) > Cetartiodactyla (Order) > Cetancodonta (Suborder) > Cetacea (Infraorder) > Odontoceti (Superfamily) > Phocoenidae (Family) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Phocoenidae | |||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Meomeris Gray, 1847 (misspelling) Neomeris Gray, 1846 (Preoccupied) Nomeris Hershkovitz, 1966 (misspelling of Nomerus (Coues, 1890), which in turn is a misspelling of Neomeris, which is a syn of Neophocaena.) Nomerus Coues, 1890 (misspelling) Phaoecana G. M. Allen, 1923 (misspelling) | |||||||||||||
| Source |
basis of record: 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] | |||||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Neophocaena asiaeorientalis Pilleri & Gihr, 1972 Species Neophocaena phocaenoides (Cuvier, 1829) Species Neophocaena phocoenoides Robineau, 1990 accepted as Neophocaena phocaenoides (Cuvier, 1829) Species Neophocaena sunameri Pilleri & Gihr, 1975 accepted as Neophocaena asiaeorientalis sunameri Pilleri & Gihr, 1975 | |||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, brackish, fresh | |||||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:254984 | |||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Perrin, W. (2013). Neophocaena Palmer, 1899. 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=254984 on 2013-05-24 | ||||||||||||||
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