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Orca Gray, 1846 
AphiaID: 380520

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 unaccepted unaccepted (preoccupied)
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Orcinus Fitzinger, 1860
Rank Genus
Parent Delphinidae Gray, 1821
Source Not documented
Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Subgenus Orca (Orcaella)
  » Species Orca (Orcaella) brevirostris Owen in Gray, 1866 accepted as Orcaella brevirostris (Owen in Gray, 1866)

Species Orca africana Gray, 1871 accepted as Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Orca antarctica Fischer, 1876 accepted as Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Orca ater Cope, 1869 accepted as Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Orca atra Gray, 1871 accepted as Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Orca capensis Gray, 1846 accepted as Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Orca capensis Van Beneden & Gervais, 1873 accepted as Cephalorhynchus heavisidii (Gray, 1828)
Species Orca crassidens Gray, 1846 accepted as Pseudorca crassidens (Owen, 1846)
Species Orca destructor Cope, 1866 accepted as Pseudorca crassidens (Owen, 1846)
Species Orca eschrichtii Reinhardt, 1866 accepted as Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Orca glacialis Berzin & Vladimirov, 1982 accepted as Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Orca gladiator Van Beneden & Gervais, 1869-1880 accepted as Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Orca intermedia Gray, 1846 accepted as Feresa attenuata Gray, 1874
Species Orca latirostris Gray, 1870 accepted as Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Orca megellanica Burmeister, 1866 accepted as Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Orca meridionalis Flower, 1865 accepted as Pseudorca crassidens (Owen, 1846)
Species Orca minor Malm, 1871 accepted as Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Orca orca Lahille, 1914 accepted as Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Orca pacifica Gray, 1870 accepted as Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Orca rectipinna Cope, 1869 accepted as Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Orca schlegelii Lilljeborg, 1866 accepted as Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Orca stenorhyncha Gray, 1870 accepted as Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Orca tasmanica Gray, 1871 accepted as Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Orca tethyos Gerrard, 1865 accepted as Stenella coeruleoalba (Meyen, 1833)
Environment marine
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:380520
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2009-01-16 06:39:12Z  created  Perrin, William
2009-03-04 10:50:54Z  changed  Perrin, William
  
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  Citation: Perrin, W. (2013). Orca Gray, 1846. 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=380520 on 2013-06-19
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