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Orca gladiator Van Beneden & Gervais, 1869-1880 
AphiaID: 384046

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)
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Accepted name  Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758)
Rank Species
Parent Orca Gray, 1846 accepted as Orcinus Fitzinger, 1860
Source  context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

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Subspecies Orca gladiator arcticus Gervais, 1869-1871 accepted as Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758)
Subspecies Orca gladiator australis Gervais, 1869-1871 accepted as Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758)
Subspecies Orca gladiator europaeus Gervais, 1869-1871 accepted as Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758)
Subspecies Orca gladiator tasmaniensis Cabrera, 1961 accepted as Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Link To Biodiversity Heritage Library (444 publications)
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:384046
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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 gladiator Van Beneden & Gervais, 1869-1880. 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=384046 on 2013-05-18
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