Phocoena G. Cuvier, 1816 
AphiaID: 137031

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

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Genus
Parent		Phocoenidae
Synonymised taxa		Acanthodelphis Gray, 1866 (synonym) Australophocaena Barnes, 1985 (synonym) Phocaena Lesson, 1827 (misspelling) Phocena Gray, 1821 (synonym)
Sources		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: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details] additional source: Jefferson, T.A.; Leatherwood, S.; Webber, M.A. (1993). Marine mammals of the world. FAO Species identification guide. FAO: Rome, Italy. ISBN 92-5-103292-0. VIII, 320 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] from synonym: Shirihai, H. 2002 A complete guide to Antarctic Wildlife: the Birds and Marine Mammals of the Antarctic Continent and the Southern Ocean Alula Press FI 510 pp [details] [view taxon]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Species Phocoena dioptrica Lahille, 1912 Species Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) Species Phocoena sinus Norris & McFarland, 1958 Species Phocoena spinipinnis (Burmeister, 1865) Species Phocoena australis Peale, 1848 accepted as Lagenorhynchus australis (Peale, 1848) Species Phocoena commersonii Lesson, 1827 accepted as Cephalorhynchus commersonii (Lacépède, 1804) Species Phocoena obtusata Phillipi, 1893 accepted as Phocoena dioptrica Lahille, 1912 Species Phocoena phocaenoides Robinson & Kloss, 1918 accepted as Neophocaena phocaenoides (Cuvier, 1829) Species Phocoena rondeletti Giglioli, 1870 accepted as Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) Species Phocoena vomerina Hall & Kelson, 1959 accepted as Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758)
Environment		marine
Links		To GenBank To ITIS
Images		Van Beneden & Gervais (1880, pl. 43) added on 2008-06-04 - author: Delahaye in Van Beneden & Gervais (1880) scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2013-02-15 18:21:39 Van Beneden & Gervais (1880, pl. 55) added on 2008-06-04 - author: Delahaye in Van Beneden & Gervais (1880) scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2013-02-15 18:21:47 Van Beneden & Gervais (1880, pl. 56) added on 2008-06-04 - author: Delahaye in Van Beneden & Gervais (1880) scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2013-02-15 18:22:05
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137031
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   van der Land, Jacob 2006-09-27 07:06:07Z   changed   Martinez, Olga 2008-08-20 11:25:36Z   checked   Perrin, William 2009-03-09 12:44:44Z   changed   Perrin, William
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		Citation: Perrin, W. (2013). Phocoena G. Cuvier, 1816. 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=137031 on 2013-05-20