MarBEF Data System - ERMS

WoRMS taxon details

Cetacea

AphiaID

2688 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2688)

Classification

Authority

Brisson, 1762

Status

accepted

Rank

Infraorder

Parent

Cetancodonta

Direct children (16)

Ordering

Alphabetically
By status

Children Display

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Family Cetotheriidae Brandt, 1872 †
Family Eomysticetidae Sanders & Barnes, 2002 †
Genus Horopeta Tsai & Fordyce, 2015 †
Family Kekenodontidae Mitchell, 1989 †
Superfamily Mysticeti Flower, 1864
Superfamily Odontoceti Flower, 1867
Superfamily Platanistoidea Simpson 1945 †
Family Squalodontidae Brandt, 1873 †
Family Waipatiidae Fordyce, 1994 †
Superfamily Cetodontes Van Beneden & Gervais, 1869-1880 accepted as Odontoceti Flower, 1867 (synonym)
Superfamily Delphiniceti Abel, 1913 accepted as Odontoceti Flower, 1867 (synonym for part of Odontoceti)
Superfamily Denticete Gray, 1864 accepted as Odontoceti Flower, 1867 (synonym)
Superfamily Denticeti Cope, 1869 accepted as Odontoceti Flower, 1867 (synonym)
Superfamily Odontoceta De Blasé, 1982 accepted as Odontoceti Flower, 1867 (synonym)
Superfamily Odontocete Flower, 1865 accepted as Odontoceti Flower, 1867 (synonym)
Superfamily Squaloceti Abel, 1913 accepted as Odontoceti Flower, 1867 (synonym for part of Odontoceti)

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Not documented

Descriptive notes

Taxonomy Formerly an order, but now contained within Order Cetartiodactyla

Taxonomy Formerly an order, but now contained within Order Cetartiodactyla [details]

Taxonomic citation

WoRMS (2024). Cetacea. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=2688 on 2024-11-22

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

db_admin

2008-11-20 17:01:47Z

changed

Perrin, William

2008-11-24 16:47:17Z

changed

Perrin, William

Licensing

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[taxonomic tree] [list species]

basis of record Jefferson, T.A.; Leatherwood, S.; Webber, M.A. (1993). Marine mammals of the world. <em>FAO Species identification guide.</em> FAO: Rome, Italy. ISBN 92-5-103292-0. VIII, 320 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

From editor or global species database

Taxonomy Formerly an order, but now contained within Order Cetartiodactyla [details]

Definitions

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Language	Name
Dutch	walvissen	[details]
English	whales, dolphins and porpoises	[details]
German	Wale	[details]
Italian	cetacei	[details]
Lithuanian	banginiai	[details]
Modern Greek (1453-)	Κητώδη	[details]
Norwegian	hvaler	[details]
Norwegian Bokmål	hvaler	[details]
Norwegian Nynorsk	kvalar	[details]
Polish	walenie	[details]
Russian	ктообразные	[details]
Slovenian	kiti	[details]
Swedish	valar	[details]
Turkish	balinalar	[details]
Ukrainian	Китоподібні	[details]

To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cetacea)
To GenBank (0 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To ITIS