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Orca capensis Van Beneden & Gervais, 1873 
AphiaID: 384043

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) > Orca (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (synonym)
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Cephalorhynchus heavisidii (Gray, 1828)
Rank Species
Parent Orca Gray, 1846 accepted as Orcinus Fitzinger, 1860
Source Not documented
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (36 publications)
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:384043
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2009-03-05 14:31:36Z  created  Perrin, William
2009-12-31 18:14:43Z  changed  Perrin, William
  
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  Citation: Perrin, W. (2013). Orca capensis Van Beneden & Gervais, 1873. 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=384043 on 2013-05-22
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