Orcaella heinsohni Beasley, Robertson & Arnold, 2005 
AphiaID: 343990

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

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Orcaella Gray, 1866
Sources		original description: Beasley, I., K. M. Robertson and P. Arnold. (2005). Description of a new dolphin, the Australian snubfin dolphin Orcaella heinsohni sp. n. (Cetacea, Delphinidae). Marine Mammal Science 21:365--400. [details] basis of record: UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS) [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 Australian snubfin dolphin  [details] French orcelle de Australia  [details] Spanish delfín de Australia  [details]
Environment		marine
Distribution		Central Indo-Pacific [details]
Links		To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (22 nucleotides; 84 proteins) To IUCN Red List To ITIS
Notes		Habitat: in coastal, brackish and fresh waters, tropical and subtropical [details] Holotype: Skull (including mandible and periotics), right scapula, incomplete left flipper bones, and loose teeth in Queensland Museum, Townsville, Australia; no. QM JM4721 (field no. JCU MM61)collected from a shark net on 21 April, 1972 by G. Heinsohn and A. Spain. [details] IUCN Red List Category: Near Threatened (NT) [details] Type locality: Horseshoe Bay, Magnetic Island, Queensland, Australia. [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:343990
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). Orcaella heinsohni Beasley, Robertson & Arnold, 2005. 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=343990 on 2013-05-20