Cetacea name details
Lagenorhynchus perspicillatus Cope, 1876
384029 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:384029)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Cope, E. D. (1876). Fourth contribution to the history of the existing Cetacea. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 1876:129–139. [details]
Note Type locality is “near Portland, Maine”...
Type material Type locality is “near Portland, Maine” U.S.A. Description with measurements is given. The lectotype, designated as USNM 14244, is at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C. (Fisher and Ludwig 2016). F. W. True, in a note not seen by us, indicated that Cope’s collection locality was not correct and “should be Woods Hole, Mass. or else Cape Cod” (Lyon and Osgood 1909, Fisher and Ludwig 2016). [details]
Fordyce, E.; Perrin, W.F. (2024). World Cetacea Database. Lagenorhynchus perspicillatus Cope, 1876. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Cetacea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=384029 on 2024-04-16
original description
Cope, E. D. (1876). Fourth contribution to the history of the existing Cetacea. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 1876:129–139. [details]
taxonomy source Vollmer, N. L.; Ashe, E.; Brownell, R. L.; Cipriano, F.; Mead, J. G.; Reeves, R. R.; Soldevilla, M. S.; Williams, R. (2019). Taxonomic revision of the dolphin genus Lagenorhynchus. <em>Marine Mammal Science.</em> 35(3): 957-1057., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.12573 [details] Available for editors
taxonomy source Vollmer, N. L.; Ashe, E.; Brownell, R. L.; Cipriano, F.; Mead, J. G.; Reeves, R. R.; Soldevilla, M. S.; Williams, R. (2019). Taxonomic revision of the dolphin genus Lagenorhynchus. <em>Marine Mammal Science.</em> 35(3): 957-1057., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.12573 [details] Available for editors
From editor or global species database
Type material Type locality is “near Portland, Maine” U.S.A. Description with measurements is given. The lectotype, designated as USNM 14244, is at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C. (Fisher and Ludwig 2016). F. W. True, in a note not seen by us, indicated that Cope’s collection locality was not correct and “should be Woods Hole, Mass. or else Cape Cod” (Lyon and Osgood 1909, Fisher and Ludwig 2016). [details]