Platanista Wagler, 1830 
AphiaID: 254966

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

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Genus
Parent		Platanistidae Gray, 1846
Synonymised taxa		Platanistina Neave, 1940 (synonym) Soosoo Hamilton, 1837 (synonym) Sousou F. Cuvier, 1836 (synonym) Susa Wagler, 1830 (misspelling) Susu Lesson, 1828 (synonym)
Sources		basis of record: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details] 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]
All child taxa [hide all]		Species Platanista gangetica (Lebeck, 1801)    » Subspecies Platanista gangetica gangetica Roxburgh, 1801 » Subspecies Platanista gangetica minor Owen, 1853 Species Platanista indi Blyth, 1859 accepted as Platanista gangetica (Lebeck, 1801) Species Platanista minor Owen, 1853 accepted as Platanista gangetica minor Owen, 1853
Environment		fresh
Links		To GenBank To ITIS
Image		Van Beneden & Gervais (1880, pl. 31) added on 2008-06-03 - author: Delahaye in Van Beneden & Gervais (1880) scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2012-09-14 20:01:46
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:254966
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2007-12-22 19:25:59Z   created   Vanden Berghe, Edward 2008-08-20 11:25:36Z   changed   Perrin, William 2010-01-28 16:55:07Z   changed   Perrin, William
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		Citation: Perrin, W. (2013). Platanista Wagler, 1830. 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=254966 on 2013-06-19