WoRMS name details
Kogia simus (Owen, 1866)
137114 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137114)
unaccepted (Justified emendation of spelling to "sima" retains the authorship and date of the original name (IZCM 19.2).)
Species
marine, terrestrial
(of Physeter (Euphyseter) simus Owen, 1866) Owen,[R.]. (1866). On some Indian Cetacea collected by Walter Elliot, Esq. Transactions of the Zoological Society, London 6(1);30, pl. 10--14. [details]
Fordyce, E.; Perrin, W.F. (2025). World Cetacea Database. Kogia simus (Owen, 1866). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137114 on 2025-05-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Physeter (Euphyseter) simus Owen, 1866) Owen,[R.]. (1866). On some Indian Cetacea collected by Walter Elliot, Esq. Transactions of the Zoological Society, London 6(1);30, pl. 10--14. [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (RAS) Australian Antarctic Data Centre. , available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/ [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
context source (RAS) Australian Antarctic Data Centre. , available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/ [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| German | Kleinstpottwalkleiner Pottwal | [details] |
| Italian | cogia di Owencogia | [details] |
| Lithuanian | mažasis nykštukinis kašalotas | [details] |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | Νάνος φυσητήρας | [details] |
| Polish | kogia płaskonosa | [details] |
| Russian | кашалот малютка | [details] |
| Slovenian | pritlikavi glavač | [details] |
| Spanish | cachalote enano | [details] |
| Turkish | cüce sperm balinası | [details] |
| Ukrainian | Малий карликовий кашалотКашалот малий карликовий | [details] |