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Cetacea name details
Orca
Gray, 1846
AphiaID
380520
(urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:380520)
Classification
Biota
Animalia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Tetrapoda
Mammalia
Theria
Cetartiodactyla
Cetancodonta
Cetacea
Odontoceti
Delphinidae
Orca
Status
unaccepted
(preoccupied)
Accepted name
Orcinus
Fitzinger, 1860
Rank
Genus
Parent
Delphinidae Gray, 1821
Direct children (25)
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Subgenus
Orca (Orcaella)
Species
Orca (Orcaella) brevirostris
Owen in Gray, 1866
accepted as
Orcaella brevirostris
(Owen in Gray, 1866)
(basionym)
Species
Orca africana
Gray, 1871
accepted as
Orcinus orca
(Linnaeus, 1758)
(synonym)
Species
Orca antarctica
Fischer, 1876
accepted as
Orcinus orca
(Linnaeus, 1758)
(synonym)
Species
Orca ater
Cope, 1869
accepted as
Orcinus orca
(Linnaeus, 1758)
(synonym)
Species
Orca atra
Gray, 1871
accepted as
Orcinus orca
(Linnaeus, 1758)
(misspelling)
Species
Orca capensis
Gray, 1846
accepted as
Orcinus orca
(Linnaeus, 1758)
(synonym)
Species
Orca capensis
Van Beneden & Gervais, 1873
accepted as
Cephalorhynchus heavisidii
(Gray, 1828)
(synonym)
Species
Orca crassidens
Gray, 1846
accepted as
Pseudorca crassidens
(Owen, 1846)
(synonym)
Species
Orca destructor
Cope, 1866
accepted as
Pseudorca crassidens
(Owen, 1846)
(synonym)
Species
Orca eschrichtii
Reinhardt, 1866
accepted as
Orcinus orca
(Linnaeus, 1758)
(synonym)
Species
Orca glacialis
Berzin & Vladimirov, 1982
accepted as
Orcinus orca
(Linnaeus, 1758)
(synonym)
Species
Orca gladiator
Van Beneden & Gervais, 1869-1880
accepted as
Orcinus orca
(Linnaeus, 1758)
(synonym)
Species
Orca intermedia
Gray, 1846
accepted as
Feresa attenuata
Gray, 1874
(preoccupied)
Species
Orca latirostris
Gray, 1870
accepted as
Orcinus orca
(Linnaeus, 1758)
(synonym)
Species
Orca megellanica
Burmeister, 1866
accepted as
Orcinus orca
(Linnaeus, 1758)
(synonym)
Species
Orca meridionalis
Flower, 1865
accepted as
Pseudorca crassidens
(Owen, 1846)
(synonym)
Species
Orca minor
Malm, 1871
accepted as
Orcinus orca
(Linnaeus, 1758)
(synonym)
Species
Orca orca
Lahille, 1914
accepted as
Orcinus orca
(Linnaeus, 1758)
(synonym)
Species
Orca pacifica
Gray, 1870
accepted as
Orcinus orca
(Linnaeus, 1758)
(synonym)
Species
Orca rectipinna
Cope, 1869
accepted as
Orcinus orca
(Linnaeus, 1758)
(synonym)
Species
Orca schlegelii
Lilljeborg, 1866
accepted as
Orcinus orca
(Linnaeus, 1758)
(synonym)
Species
Orca stenorhyncha
Gray, 1870
accepted as
Orcinus orca
(Linnaeus, 1758)
(synonym)
Species
Orca tasmanica
Gray, 1871
accepted as
Orcinus orca
(Linnaeus, 1758)
(synonym)
Species
Orca tethyos
Gerrard, 1865
accepted as
Stenella coeruleoalba
(Meyen, 1833)
(synonym)
Environment
marine,
terrestrial
Original description
Not documented
Taxonomic citation
Perrin, W.F. (2021). World Cetacea Database.
Orca
Gray, 1846. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/cetacea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=380520 on 2025-06-01
Taxonomic edit history
Date
action
by
2009-01-16 06:39:12Z
created
Perrin, William
2009-03-04 10:50:54Z
changed
Perrin, William
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Sources (0)
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