Delphinidae Gray, 1821 
AphiaID: 136980

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Chordata > Vertebrata > Gnathostomata > Tetrapoda > Mammalia > Theria > Cetartiodactyla > Cetancodonta > Cetacea > Odontoceti

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Family
Parent		Odontoceti
Source		basis of record: van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 375-376 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Vernacular Names		Language    Name   Dutch dolfijnen  [details] English ocean dolphins  [details] Norwegian Bokmål delfinfamilien  [details] Norwegian Nynorsk delfinfamilien  [details] Swedish delfiner  [details]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Genus Delphinus Linnaeus, 1758 Genus Globicephala Lesson, 1828 Genus Grampus Gray, 1828 Genus Lagenorhynchus Gray, 1846 Genus Orcinus Fitzinger, 1860 Genus Stenella Gray, 1866 Genus Tursiops Gervais, 1855
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh
Links		To GenBank To ITIS
Image		Delphinidae added on 2009-02-19 - author: Collection Georges Declercq qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2013-05-17 18:08:32
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:136980
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   van der Land, Jacob 2005-03-29 08:12:19Z   changed   Claus, Simon 2008-08-20 11:25:36Z   checked   Perrin, William 2009-03-09 09:51:41Z   changed   Perrin, William
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		Citation: Perrin, W. (2013). Delphinidae Gray, 1821. In: Perrin, W.F. (2013) World Cetacea Database. Accessed through: VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010) The Belgian Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=136980 on 2013-06-19
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