Cetacea taxon details

Orca megellanica Burmeister, 1866 
AphiaID: 384049

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Chordata > Vertebrata > Gnathostomata > Tetrapoda > Mammalia > Theria > Cetartiodactyla > Cetancodonta > Cetacea > Odontoceti > Delphinidae > Orca
Status unaccepted unaccepted (synonym)
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Accepted name  Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758)
Rank Species
Parent Orca Gray, 1846 accepted as Orcinus Fitzinger, 1860
Source Not documented
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:384049
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2009-03-05 14:31:36Z  created  Perrin, William
  
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  Citation: Perrin, W. (2013). Orca megellanica Burmeister, 1866. 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=384049 on 2013-05-23