Phocoena spinipinnis (Burmeister, 1865) 
AphiaID: 343898

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

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Phocoena G. Cuvier, 1816
Synonymised taxa		Acanthodelphis (Phocaena) philippii Philippi, 1896 (synonym) Acanthodelphis spinipinnis Gray, 1868 (synonym) Cephalorhynchus philippii Trouessart, 1898 (synonym) Phocaena philippii Perez Canto, in Philippi, 1893 (synonym) Phocaena spinipennis Van Beneden, 1868 (misspelling) Phocaena spinipinnis Burmeister, 1865 (basionym)
Sources		original description: Burmeister, H. (1865). Description of a new species of porpoise in the Museum of Buenos Ayres. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 16:132--134. [details] basis of record: UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: 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] additional source: Brownell, R. L., Jr. and R. Praderi. (1984). Phocoena spinipinnis. Mammalian Species 217:1--4. [details] additional source: Loughlin, T. R. and M. A. Perez. (1985). Mesoplodon stejnegeri. Mammalian Species 250:1--6. [details] additional source: Nagorsen, D. (1985). Kogia simus. Mammalian Species 239:1--6. [details]
Vernacular Names		Language    Name   English black porpoise  [details] English Burmeister's porpoise  [details] French marsouin de Burmeister  [details] Portuguese boto de dorsal espinhosa  [details] Portuguese marsopa espinhosa  [details] Spanish chanchillo  [details] Spanish chancho marino  [details] Spanish marsopa de Burmeister  [details] Spanish marsopa espinosa  [details] Spanish tonina espinosa  [details]
Environment		marine
Distribution		Subantarctic Waters [details] World Oceans [details]
Links		To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (39 nucleotides; 18 proteins) To IUCN Red List To Marine Species Identification Portal To ITIS
Notes		Distribution: South America, from Brazil to Peru [details] Habitat: coastal [details] Holotype: Skull and mounted skin in Buenos Aires Museum, captured alive by fishermen. [details] IUCN Red List Category: Data Deficient (DD) [details] Type locality: Mouth of La Plata River, Buenos Aires, Argentina. [details]
Image		Phocoena spinipinnis added on 2009-02-16 - author: Collection Georges Declercq qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2013-04-26 18:11:19
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:343898
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2008-04-11 11:37:23Z   created   van der Land, Jacob 2008-08-20 11:25:36Z   checked   Perrin, William
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		Citation: Perrin, W. (2013). Phocoena spinipinnis (Burmeister, 1865). 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=343898 on 2013-05-25