Cephalorhynchus hectori (P. J. Van Beneden, 1881) 
AphiaID: 254979

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

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Cephalorhynchus Gray, 1846
Synonymised taxa		Cephalorhynchus albifrons True, 1889 (synonym) Electra clancula Hector, 1873 (nomen oblitum) Electra hectori Van Beneden, 1881 (synonym)
Sources		original description: Van Beneden, P. J. (1881). Bull. Roy. Acad. Belge, (3), 4. page(s): 877,882, pl. 2 [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] 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]
Vernacular Names		Language    Name   English Hector's dolphin  [details] English white-headed dolphin  [details] French dauphin de Hector  [details] Spanish delfín de Hector  [details]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Subspecies Cephalorhynchus hectori hectori (P.-J. van Beneden, 1881) Subspecies Cephalorhynchus hectori maui Baker, Smith & Pichler, 2002 Subspecies Cephalorhynchus hectori bicolor Oliver, 1946 (nomen nudum) Subspecies Cephalorhynchus hectori albus Kerr, 1792 accepted as Delphinapterus leucas (Pallas, 1776)
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution		New Zealand [details] New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Links		To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (39 nucleotides; 25 proteins) To IUCN Red List To Marine Species Identification Portal To ITIS
Notes		Habitat: in shallow coastal waters [details] Holotype: Skin and skeleton, Mus. Royal d'Histoire naturelle, Brussels [details] IUCN Red List Category: Endangered (EN) [details] Type locality: North coast, New Zealand, South Pacific [details]
Image		Cephalorhynchus hectori added on 2012-01-31 - author: VLIZ collection qualitystatus: not checked
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:254979
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2007-12-22 19:25:59Z   created   Vanden Berghe, Edward 2008-08-20 11:25:36Z   checked   Perrin, William 2009-03-24 17:08:13Z   changed   Perrin, William
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		Citation: Perrin, W. (2013). Cephalorhynchus hectori (P. J. Van Beneden, 1881). 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=254979 on 2013-05-23