WoRMS taxon details
Delphinus metis [No.1] Gray, 1846
AphiaID: 383883
AphiaID: 383883
| 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) > Delphinus (Genus) |
| Status |  unaccepted (synonym) | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Accepted name | Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821) | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Delphinus Linnaeus, 1758 | ||||||||||
| Source | Not documented | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||
| Note |
Validity: Gray (1846) described two different species on the same page, using the same name. One was based on skull "No. 1" and the other on skull "No. 2". He later (1850) corrected the error, describing D. clymene and saying that it was based on D. metis skull "No. 2," not "No. 1." The two original D. metis species are not nomina dubia, because they were based on skulls of known identity (No. 2= S. clymene and No. 1 = Tursiops truncatus). The two nominal species are commonly referred to as D. metis (Gray, 1846) No. 1 and D. metis (Gray, 1846) No. 2. [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:383883 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Perrin, W. (2013). Delphinus metis [No.1] 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=383883 on 2013-05-20 | |||||||||||
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