WoRMS name details
Lagenorhynchus clanculus Gray, 1846
380495 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:380495)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Gray, J. E. (1846). On the cetaceous animals. Pages 13–53 in J. Richardson and J. E. Gray, eds. The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Erebus and Terror under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross, R. N., F. R. S., during the years 1839 to 1843. Volume 1. Mammalia, Birds. E. W. Janson, London, England. [details]
Note No type locality specified. There is no text...
Type material No type locality specified. There is no text or description, only a drawing of the skull labeled with the name. Gray (1849, 1850b) gives a description and provides measurements of the skull and states that the specimen was collected by Dr. Dickie, transferred to the British Museum, and type location is listed as “Pacific.” Additional information on the specimen is provided in Gray (1850a, 1866a), including specific reference to the drawing from Gray (1846b:Plate 35) and notes that the skull is from the “Pacific Ocean” and “Dr. Dickie’s Collection.” Flower (1885:23) states that the holotype (skull) was collected in the Pacific Ocean, is in the British Museum (no. 935 a-49.5.25.3), and was purchased from Dr. Dickie’s Collection in 1849. According to Brownell and Donahue (1999), the British Museum specimen is labeled “No. 1849.5.25.3-935a.” According to the British Museum (Natural History), London online catalog (accessed July 25, 2017), the holotype (skull) with locality “Pacific” is no. 1849.5.25.3. Fraser and Noble (1968) show Gray’s (1846b) L. clanculus specimen has similar cranial morphological characteristics compared to L. cruciger and is substantially different from L. australis. [details]
Fordyce, E.; Perrin, W.F. (2024). World Cetacea Database. Lagenorhynchus clanculus Gray, 1846. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=380495 on 2024-04-26
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original description
Gray, J. E. (1846). On the cetaceous animals. Pages 13–53 in J. Richardson and J. E. Gray, eds. The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Erebus and Terror under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross, R. N., F. R. S., during the years 1839 to 1843. Volume 1. Mammalia, Birds. E. W. Janson, London, England. [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
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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
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Type material No type locality specified. There is no text or description, only a drawing of the skull labeled with the name. Gray (1849, 1850b) gives a description and provides measurements of the skull and states that the specimen was collected by Dr. Dickie, transferred to the British Museum, and type location is listed as “Pacific.” Additional information on the specimen is provided in Gray (1850a, 1866a), including specific reference to the drawing from Gray (1846b:Plate 35) and notes that the skull is from the “Pacific Ocean” and “Dr. Dickie’s Collection.” Flower (1885:23) states that the holotype (skull) was collected in the Pacific Ocean, is in the British Museum (no. 935 a-49.5.25.3), and was purchased from Dr. Dickie’s Collection in 1849. According to Brownell and Donahue (1999), the British Museum specimen is labeled “No. 1849.5.25.3-935a.” According to the British Museum (Natural History), London online catalog (accessed July 25, 2017), the holotype (skull) with locality “Pacific” is no. 1849.5.25.3. Fraser and Noble (1968) show Gray’s (1846b) L. clanculus specimen has similar cranial morphological characteristics compared to L. cruciger and is substantially different from L. australis. [details]
