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Phocaena americana J. A. Allen, 1869 
AphiaID: 384283

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Mammalia (Class) > Theria (Subclass) > Cetartiodactyla (Order) > Cetancodonta (Suborder) > Cetacea (Infraorder) > Odontoceti (Superfamily) > Phocoenidae (Family) > Phocaena (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (synonym)
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758)
Rank Species
Parent Phocaena Lesson, 1827 accepted as Phocoena G. Cuvier, 1816
Source Not documented
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Link To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:384283
Taxonomic
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Date   action   by
2009-03-05 14:31:36Z  created  Perrin, William
  
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  Citation: Perrin, W. (2013). Phocaena americana J. A. Allen, 1869. 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=384283 on 2013-05-19
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