Cetacea taxon details

Hyperoodon (Hyperoodon) ampullatus (Forster, 1770) 
AphiaID: 137120

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Chordata > Vertebrata > Gnathostomata > Tetrapoda > Mammalia > Theria > Cetartiodactyla > Cetancodonta > Cetacea > Odontoceti > Ziphiidae > Hyperoodon > Hyperoodon (Hyperoodon)
Status alternate representation
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Hyperoodon ampullatus (Forster, 1770)
Rank Species
Parent Hyperoodon (Hyperoodon) Lacépède, 1804
Sources  basis of record: 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: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

Environment marine
Distribution Arctic Ocean [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Schouwen [details]
Shetlands [details]
Links Marine Life Information Network - UK
To PESI
To ITIS
Note  Morphology: See Hyperoodon ampullatus [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137120
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2007-12-24 20:10:49Z  changed  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-08-20 11:25:36Z  checked  Perrin, William
2009-04-01 16:57:11Z  changed  Perrin, William
  
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  Citation: Perrin, W. (2013). Hyperoodon (Hyperoodon) ampullatus (Forster, 1770). 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=137120 on 2013-05-18