Monodon Linnaeus, 1758 
AphiaID: 137030

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

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Genus
Parent		Monodontidae Gray, 1821
Synonymised taxa		Ceratodon Brunnich, 1772 (synonym) Ceratodontis Brisson, 1762 (synonym) Diodon Storr, 17,80 (synonym) Monodontinae Kellogg, 1928 Narhvalus Fischer, 1914 (synonym) Narwalus Lacépède, 1804 (synonym) Narwhalus Dumeril, 1806 (synonym) Tachynices Brookes, 1828 (synonym)
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 [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]
Vernacular Names		Language    Name   Norwegian Bokmål vegmoseslekta (from synonym)  [details] Norwegian Nynorsk vegmoseslekta (from synonym)  [details] Swedish brännmossor (from synonym)  [details]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Species Monodon monoceros Linnaeus, 1758 Species Monodon spurius Fabricius, 1780 (nomen dubium, incertae sedis) Species Monodon microcephalus Fleming, 1811 accepted as Monodon monoceros Linnaeus, 1758 Species Monodon narhval Borowski, 1781 accepted as Monodon monoceros Linnaeus, 1758 Species Monodon narhwal Blumenbach, 1799 accepted as Monodon monoceros Linnaeus, 1758
Environment		marine
Links		To GenBank To ITIS
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137030
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   van der Land, Jacob 2007-12-22 19:25:59Z   changed   Vanden Berghe, Edward 2008-08-20 11:25:36Z   checked   Perrin, William
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		Citation: Perrin, W. (2013). Monodon Linnaeus, 1758. In: Perrin, W.F. (2013) World Cetacea Database. Accessed through: Perrin, W.F. (2013) World Cetacea Database at http://www.marinespecies.org/cetacea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137030 on 2013-05-25