Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758) 
AphiaID: 137102

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

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Orcinus Fitzinger, 1860
Sources		original description: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100 page(s): 77 [details] 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] additional source: Carwardine, M., E. Hoyt, R. E. Fordyce and P. Gill. 1998. Whales, dolphins and porpoises. Time-Life Books. Nature Company Guides, USA. 288 p. [details] additional source: University of Michigan Museum of Zoology. Animal Diversity Web., available online at http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/index.html [details] additional source: Mead, J. G. and R. L. Brownell, Jr. (2005). Cetacea. Pages 723--743 in Wilson, D.E. & D.M. Reeder (eds). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp., available online at http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/ [details] additional source: Rice, D. W. 1998. Marine mammals of the world. Systematics and distribution. Society for Marine Mammalogy Special Publication 4. [details] additional source: Hershkovitz, P. (1966). Catalog of living whales. U.S. National Museum Bulletin 246:1--259. [details] additional source: Jefferson, T. A., M. A. Webber and R. L. Pitman. (2008). Marine mammals of the world. Academic Press, Amsterdam. [details] additional source: IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, available online at http://www.iucnredlist.org [details] additional source: Perrin, W. F., B. Würsig and J. G. M. Thewissen. (2009). Encyclopedia of marine mammals. Academic Press, Amsterdam. [details] additional source: Heyning, J. E. and M. E. Dahlheim. (1988). Orcinus orca. Mammalian Species 304:1--9. [details] additional source: King, C. (2009). Terrestrial mammals (Chordata). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details] additional source: Schmidly, D. J. and B. Würsig. 2009. Mammals (Vertebrata: Mammalia) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1343–1352 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] context source: Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
Vernacular Names		Language    Name   Afrikaans moordvis  [details] Aleut aguluk  [details] Aleut dukulad  [details] Anus nookur  [details] Basque ezpalarta  [details] Basque marzupla  [details] Basque orka  [details] Bulgarian kosаtkа  [details] Bulgarian Косатка  [details] Catalan orca  [details] Chukot musonkjgyssiak  [details] Czech kosatka dravá  [details] Danish ornswin  [details] Danish spaekhogger  [details] Danish spækhugger  [details] Danish svaerdval  [details] Danish svarthval  [details] Danish tandthoye  [details] Dutch botskop  [details] Dutch orca  [details] Dutch orka  [details] Dutch zwaardwalvis  [details] English grampus  [details] English killer whale  [details] English killer-trasher  [details] English orca  [details] English sword grampus  [details] English swordfish  [details] Faroese bovhidehval  [details] French dorque  [details] French epaulard  [details] French epée de mer  [details] French orque  [details] French orque épaulard  [details] French orque gladiateur  [details] German großer Schwertwal  [details] German Orca  [details] German Schwertfisch  [details] German Schwertwal  [details] Icelandic fann-fiskar-hydengen  [details] Icelandic haa-hirningur  [details] Icelandic hahyrna  [details] Icelandic hahyrningur  [details] Icelandic huyding  [details] Icelandic sverdfiscur  [details] Indonesian paus pemangsa  [details] Indonesian seguni  [details] Inuktitut adluk  [details] Italian orca  [details] Japanese sadshi  [details] Japanese sakamata  [details] Japanese shachi  [details] Japanese taka  [details] Japanese takamatsu  [details] Kalaallisut ardlursark  [details] Kalaallisut ardlyk  [details] Korean beom-gorae  [details] Korean innuatu  [details] Lithuanian orka  [details] Malagasy trozona mpamond  [details] Modern Greek (1453-) Όρκα  [details] Norwegian hvalhund  [details] Norwegian spaekhogger  [details] Norwegian spekkhugger  [details] Norwegian starhyn ning  [details] Norwegian staurhval  [details] Norwegian stourvaga  [details] Norwegian stourvagn  [details] Norwegian vaghund  [details] Norwegian van hund  [details] Norwegian Bokmål spekkhogger  [details] Norwegian Nynorsk spekkhoggar  [details] Polish orka  [details] Portuguese baleia asesina  [details] Portuguese orca  [details] Portuguese roaz-de-bandeira  [details] Russian kasatka  [details] Russian kosatka  [details] Russian или кит убийца  [details] Russian косатка  [details] Scottish Gaelic pictwale  [details] Slovenian orka  [details] Spanish ballena asesina  [details] Spanish ballena pinta  [details] Spanish ballena quila  [details] Spanish bufeo de mascarilla  [details] Spanish cahuel-huaique  [details] Spanish delfin gigante  [details] Spanish espadarte  [details] Spanish machete  [details] Spanish moscote  [details] Spanish orca  [details] Spanish orca común  [details] Spanish orca verdadera  [details] Swedish löpare  [details] Swedish opare  [details] Swedish spackhuggare  [details] Swedish späckhuggare  [details] Swedish svärdfisk  [details] Swedish tunnlik tumlare  [details] Thai plawan phechakhat  [details] Turkish katil balina  [details] Ukrainian Косатка  [details] Welsh lleiddiad  [details] Yupik languages mesungesak  [details]
Environment		marine
Distribution		Antarctica [details] Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Comores [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Gulf of Maine [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] Gulf of St. Lawrence [details] Kenya [details] Madagascar [details] Mauritius [details] Mediterranean Sea [details] Mozambique [details] New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details] North West Atlantic [details] Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Reunion [details] Seychelles [details] Somalia [details] Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] St. Lawrence Estuary [details] Subantarctic Waters [details] Tanzania [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] World Oceans [details]
Links		Marine Life Information Network - UK To Barcode of Life (66 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (167 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (107929 nucleotides; 25900 proteins) To IUCN Red List To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To ITIS
Images		Orcinus orca added on 2006-04-11 - author: Armin Rose qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2009-04-18 00:21:41 Orcinus orca - killer whale (mum and calf) added on 2006-06-26 - author: Sea Mammal Research Unit (SMRU) () qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2009-04-18 00:21:52 Spinal column of Orcinus orca added on 2007-05-27 - author: Martin Rauschert qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2009-04-18 00:22:05 Van Beneden (1882, pl. 1) added on 2008-05-07 - author: Van Cuyck in Van Beneden, P.-J. (1882) scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2009-04-18 00:22:13 Van Beneden (1882, pl. 2) added on 2008-05-07 - author: Anoniem in Van Beneden, P.-J. (1882) scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2009-04-18 00:22:50 Van Beneden & Gervais (1880, pl. 46) added on 2008-06-04 - author: Delahaye in Van Beneden & Gervais (1880) scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2009-04-18 00:23:01 Van Beneden & Gervais (1880, pl. 47) added on 2008-06-04 - author: Delahaye in Van Beneden & Gervais (1880) scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2009-04-18 00:23:10 Van Beneden & Gervais (1880, pl. 48) added on 2008-06-04 - author: Delahaye in Van Beneden & Gervais (1880) scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2009-04-18 00:23:20 Van Beneden & Gervais (1880, pl. 49) added on 2008-06-04 - author: Delahaye in Van Beneden & Gervais (1880) scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2009-04-18 00:23:33 Van Beneden & Gervais (1880, pl. 53) added on 2008-06-04 - author: Delahaye in Van Beneden & Gervais (1880) scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2009-04-18 00:23:45 Orcinus orca added on 2009-02-16 - author: Collection Georges Declercq qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2013-04-20 00:01:45 Orcinus orca added on 2009-02-16 - author: Collection Georges Declercq qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2009-04-18 00:24:07 Orcinus orca added on 2009-02-16 - author: Collection Georges Declercq qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2009-04-18 00:24:18 Orcinus orca added on 2009-02-16 - author: Collection Georges Declercq qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2009-04-18 00:24:29 Orcinus orca added on 2009-02-16 - author: Collection Georges Declercq qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2009-04-18 00:24:37 Killer whales (Orcinus orca) added on 2009-04-22 - author: Robert L. Pitman, NOAA Fisheries, USA () qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2009-04-22 19:31:25 Orcinus orca in the Northern North Sea added on 2011-10-10 - author: Camphuysen, Kees qualitystatus: not checked Orcinus orca in the Northern North Sea added on 2011-10-10 - author: Camphuysen, Kees qualitystatus: not checked Orcinus orca in the Northern North Sea added on 2011-10-10 - author: Camphuysen, Kees qualitystatus: not checked Orcinus orca in the Northern North Sea added on 2011-10-10 - author: Camphuysen, Kees qualitystatus: not checked Orcinus orca added on 2012-02-05 - author: VLIZ Collection qualitystatus: not checked Orcinus orca added on 2012-03-14 - author: VLIZ Collection qualitystatus: not checked Orcinus orca added on 2012-03-14 - author: VLIZ Collection qualitystatus: not checked Orcinus orca added on 2012-03-14 - author: VLIZ Collection qualitystatus: not checked
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137102
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   van der Land, Jacob 2008-08-20 11:25:36Z   checked   Perrin, William
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		Citation: Perrin, W. (2013). Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758). 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=137102 on 2013-05-20
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