MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Phocoena G. Cuvier, 1816

WoRMS taxon details

Phocoena G. Cuvier, 1816

Van Beneden & Gervais (1880, pl. 43)

AphiaID

137031 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137031)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Phocoenidae

Synonymised names

Acanthodelphis Gray, 1866 · unaccepted (synonym)

Australophocaena Barnes, 1985 · unaccepted (synonym)

Phocaena Lesson, 1827 · unaccepted (misspelling)

Phocena Gray, 1821 · unaccepted (synonym)

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Species Phocoena dioptrica Lahille, 1912
Species Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Phocoena sinus Norris & McFarland, 1958
Species Phocoena spinipinnis (Burmeister, 1865)
Species Phocoena australis Peale, 1849 accepted as Sagmatias australis (Peale, 1849) (unaccepted > junior objective synonym, synonym)
Species Phocoena commersonii Lesson, 1827 accepted as Cephalorhynchus commersonii (Lacépède, 1804) (synonym)
Species Phocoena obtusata Phillipi, 1893 accepted as Phocoena dioptrica Lahille, 1912 (synonym)
Species Phocoena phocaenoides Robinson & Kloss, 1918 accepted as Neophocaena phocaenoides (Cuvier, 1829) (synonym)
Species Phocoena rondeletti Giglioli, 1870 accepted as Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
Species Phocoena vomerina Hall & Kelson, 1959 accepted as Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)

Environment

marine, brackish, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Cuvier, G. (1816). Le Règne Animal distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. Tome II, contenant les reptiles, les poissons, les mollusques et les annélides. Deterville, Paris, pp. i-xviii, 1-532 [pls. 9-10 contained in volume 4]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1848835
page(s): 279 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Fordyce, E.; Perrin, W.F. (2025). World Cetacea Database. Phocoena G. Cuvier, 1816. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137031 on 2025-04-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2006-09-27 07:06:07Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2008-08-20 11:25:36Z

checked

Perrin, William

2009-03-09 12:44:44Z

changed

Perrin, William

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Nomenclature

original description Cuvier, G. (1816). Le Règne Animal distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. Tome II, contenant les reptiles, les poissons, les mollusques et les annélides. Deterville, Paris, pp. i-xviii, 1-532 [pls. 9-10 contained in volume 4]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1848835
page(s): 279 [details]

basis of record van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 375-376 (look up in IMIS) [details]

Other

additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone]. , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

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