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WoRMS taxon details
Orcaella heinsohni Beasley, Robertson & Arnold, 2005
AphiaID: 343990
AphiaID: 343990
| 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) > Orcaella (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Orcaella Gray, 1866 | |||||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Beasley, I., K. M. Robertson and P. Arnold. (2005). Description of a new dolphin, the Australian snubfin dolphin Orcaella heinsohni sp. n. (Cetacea, Delphinidae). Marine Mammal Science 21:365--400. [details] basis of record: UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS) [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] | |||||||||||||
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| Environment | marine | |||||||||||||
| Distribution | Central Indo-Pacific [details] | |||||||||||||
| Link | To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| Notes |
Habitat: in coastal, brackish and fresh waters, tropical and subtropical [details] Holotype: Skull (including mandible and periotics), right scapula, incomplete left flipper bones, and loose teeth in Queensland Museum, Townsville, Australia; no. QM JM4721 (field no. JCU MM61)collected from a shark net on 21 April, 1972 by G. Heinsohn and A. Spain. [details] IUCN Red List Category: Near Threatened (NT) [details] Type locality: Horseshoe Bay, Magnetic Island, Queensland, Australia. [details] | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: Perrin, W. (2009). Orcaella heinsohni Beasley, Robertson & Arnold, 2005. In: Perrin, W.F. World Cetacea Database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=343990 on 2010-02-09 | ||||||||||||||
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